Russia bolsters troops in south; grain ship leaves port for first time since blockade; UN to investigate prison attack that killed dozens
in Moscow at an outdoor dance party on the Moscow river. “We are outside of politics, we want to dance, to feel and have fun. I can’t worry any more and this helps me forget.”
In a forthcoming paper, Russian-based political analyst Andrei Kolesnikov and Levada Centre pollster Denis Volkov write that many Russians have found it easier to join the “mainstream” of support or indifference to the war. A lifestyle Instagram blogger who was opposed to the war said she had consciously decided to stop speaking about the topic – because of official restrictions but also the backlash she received from subscribers. “What hurts the most is it is not really [because of the law], there is just no desire to talk about this,” she said. “People are turning off.”
After a wave of repressions, there are fewer voices now speaking out publicly against the war. But some remain, such as Alexey Venediktov, the former head of a Russian radio station that was shut down after its public opposition to the war. At a table by the window in Moscow’s Pushkin cafe, Venediktov is loudly decrying the conflict as “catastrophic” as the waitstaff look on with an air of concern.
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