Paul Goble
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sought to restrict the greatest impact of his war against Ukraine to marginal groups who could make money by serving in the military. The Kremlin realized early on that most Russians were not prepared to sacrifice for its war against Ukraine.
This approach is now failing because combat losses are mounting and the war coming home in the form of drone attacks and government cutbacks to key services to finance Russia’s armies in the field. Polls suggest that these developments are reducing the willingness of Russians to give the war more than lip-service support. Putin is increasingly using repression to prevent protests, an approach costing him support, which could trigger a crisis.
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