Are they? I am sure that some are, but I get the impression that he has a fair bit of support from the country.
That might fade when/if the sanctions become serious, but thus far I have the impression that he's generally popular (if not as popular as rigged polls would suggest) for his hard-line stance against the US, NATO, and Europe.
He enjoys support, but even from those who support him there are people who disagree with a war and the death and destruction it will bring. Nothing works like dead family members and economic hardship to sow doubt in a political leader's support. Heck, there are probably people who buy the peacekeeping bullshit but still don't want a war
There are already anti-war protests in Russia, and the war has barely started!
Anecdotally, even intelligent people I know seem to be buying the Russian propaganda about it merely being a peacekeeping mission to stop the human rights violations in Donbas.
I'm really curious about this - what do those people think of the fact that tons of world leaders (POTUS and NATO leaders, obviously, but also those in Lithuania, the European Commission, Germany, the UK, and Finland[1]) are all considering it to be an invasion? Do they think that each and every one of those countries is spreading propaganda in the same unified effort?
(if they do, I'm also curious for any analysis of their psyche that you have, because that seems to me like borderline insanity)
That might fade when/if the sanctions become serious, but thus far I have the impression that he's generally popular (if not as popular as rigged polls would suggest) for his hard-line stance against the US, NATO, and Europe.
Am I wrong about that?