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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sergey Faldin

The solace for young Russians like me is that Putin is also digging his own grave in Ukraine

Russians protest in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
‘It is painfully clear to us that this war is absolutely pointless.’ Russians protest in Moscow against the war in Ukraine. Photograph: Kommersant Photo Agency/REX/Shutterstock

The reason you don’t see a revolution happening in Moscow is not that people don’t care about what’s happening in Ukraine. On the contrary, my social media feed is filled with posts from Russians opposing the war. “What happened?” they say. “How did we get to this? This is madness!”

People are saying they feel guilty about being Russian. People are burning their passports on camera. Hell, I posted: “I am Russian but Putin is not my president.”

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