Many in Russia’s capital are worried about the political and economic consequences of the Ukraine crisis
Russia’s financial markets sank to their lowest levels in more than a year on Tuesday, after Putin ordered troops into the two territories the previous day. The country’s markets have been extremely volatile of late, with major state banks like Sberbank having lost more than half their value since the start of theAs Putin was delivering his address, the Russian independent TV channel Dozhd posted a live feed of the country’s rouble sliding to a near two-year low.
Gromova, a high school geography teacher, said she was “horrified” by Russian state media reports of the Ukrainians shelling the Donbas and felt “enraged” by Kyiv’s “genocide” of the local population.
In Kolesnikov’s view, how the Russian public will ultimately perceive these events will depend on what the Kremlin decides to do next.
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