{"id":284545,"date":"2024-03-30T07:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=284545"},"modified":"2024-04-01T07:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T07:14:52","slug":"many-assumed-average-russians-would-sour-on-war-in-ukraine-that-hasnt-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=284545","title":{"rendered":"Many assumed average Russians would sour on war in Ukraine. That hasn’t happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Briar Stewart \u2013 CBC News July 5, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Researchers are seeing a new wave of patriotism emerge in Russia, including among young people who are forming campus groups and finding ways to justify the war in Ukraine, even if they don’t all agree with it.<\/p>\n

At the end of November, four students dressed in military uniforms from Moscow’s\u00a0Higher School of Economics, a prestigious and traditionally liberal leaning university, arrived in the city of Nizhny Novgorod with a special care package for Russian troops.<\/p>\n

They\u00a0were handing over three\u00a0drones, and other accessories from the school’s White Raven\u00a0student group, a pro-military\u00a0association\u00a0which was created one month after Russia launched its full scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“When you feel that you and your government and your country\u00a0are standing for one mission, then you will achieve success,”\u00a0Maksim Lukianenko, one of White Raven’s\u00a0co-founders, said in an interview with CBC\u00a0News.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old who studies cross-cultural communication admits the group has sparked protests on campus, but insists the controversy has only driven more students to join its ranks and take part in the sporting events and fundraisers they organize.<\/p>\n

“I see it with my own eyes\u2026 a crucial increase in patriotism,”\u00a0Lukianenko said.<\/p>\n

‘New patriots’<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Nearly a year and a half into the war, Russian\u00a0President Vladimir Putin maintains\u00a0the country is more united than ever<\/a>. A\u00a0group of Russian researchers\u00a0say they are seeing an increase in patriotism among citizens who might have disagreed with the war in the beginning\u00a0but support the country’s military because they want\u00a0it to emerge victorious.<\/p>\n

Despite a counteroffensive<\/a> launched by Ukraine and\u00a0what some have called an attempted coup against Putin by the Wagner mercenary\u00a0outfit, the research suggests that patriotism is actually increasing among ordinary Russians.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Comment \u2013 March 29, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

If the architects of the war in Ukraine had hoped to weaken Russia they must be sorely disappointed. Far from weakening Russia, ordinary Russians have rallied round President Putin and the idea of Mother Russia.<\/p>\n

Indeed, a more recent survey found that efforts to fragment and demoralize Russians were counter-productive. A sense of pride and commitment to their motherland is now at an all-time high among Russians. Ed.<\/p>\n

Share of \u2018patriotic\u2019 Russians reaches all-time high \u2013 poll<\/strong><\/h1>\n

RT.com \u2013 March 29, 2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Unconditional patriotism has surged to 62% since last year<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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Some 94% of Russians describe themselves as patriots, more than at any point since surveys first began, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM) said on Friday.<\/p>\n

The increase was driven mainly by a ten percentage point surge in \u201cunconditional\u201d<\/em> patriotism since last year, which now stands at 62%, VTSIOM revealed<\/a>. Back in 2005, when the survey first started, it was just 47%.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the feeling of patriotism is shared approximately equally by men and women (93% and 95%, respectively), the young and the old (87% in the 18-24 category and 94% among those 60+), and residents of cities and the countryside (94% and 95% respectively),\u201d<\/em> said the pollster.<\/p>\n

The recent surge in unconditional patriotism is higher than the eight-point increase in 2022, after the military operation in Ukraine began.<\/p>\n

The percentage of Russians who described themselves as \u201cnot very\u201d<\/em> patriotic was the highest in March 2014, prior to the reunification with Crimea. It stood at 13% at the time but has shrunk to just 2% today. Only 1% of Russians have openly declared they don\u2019t feel patriotic at all.<\/p>\n

VTSIOM\u2019s poll was based on phone interviews with a representative sample of 1,600 adult Russians, carried out at the beginning of March.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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