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Russians Are Strangely Stumped About Why Moscow Is Getting Bombed
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Ain't exactly a representative democracy.
Doesn't mean Moscow should be spared, just that the majority of the citizens didn't have any say.
The ones loudly protesting are probably culpable though.
Did Russia close all communication to the outside world?
I ask because if the people still have access to the internet then no, your statement doesn't track.
Either they were aware and said nothing, or were ignorant. Neither is acceptable.
LOL.
When i see in our democracy, how we fight to keep up our rights.... Well...
Oh, it's a daily source of anger for me. I'm well aware how fucked the average American is.
Dont worry, the same as european,
And I don't speak about fights to win new legitimate rights...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_Russia
Most Russians only speak Russian, few news outlets outside Russia write in Russian, most of them are blocked, all news outlets inside Russia are either publishing what they're told to, or closed.
Most people have no way to know anything other than what they're being told. The ones who said something, got either jailed, sent to the front, or both.
They're still allowed to say loudly stuff that aligns with the leadership, so the only way they have to "protest" is to say it in a way so overboard that it becomes ridiculous. Like this complaining about drones at night.