Quote Originally Posted by chrisp_1927 View Post
Would be great to know the feeling on the 'Russian street' . I share your optimism, and am inclined to see the small acts of dissent as cracks in the dam. Just waiting for the dam to burst and the Russians to oust putin.

Do have a nagging doubt mind that maybe putin has enough support, and has managed to stitch up state institutions to such a degree that he can just keep pushing on. The Russian military seem to place zero value on the lives of their soldiers. All logic suggests that these losses have to hurt him, but maybe they won't.
I work for a Russian company, well at least it was until it was bought out recently by a massive yank one. Anecdotal only but they guys in my team who had to literally pick up their families and fly to either Turkey or Serbia within a few days and pretty much leaving everything behind, you have no doubt how they feel. We have about 200 left whose access will be cut off this weekend, they have about a week to get out, almost all have no access to money once outside. They are embarrassed and apologetic to a man.

However, never underestimate the power of media propaganda, there are people in this thread who think the UK/US/NATO don't commit war crimes