A German Spiegel columnist who traveled to Moscow describes the new, stricter censorship measures, the thousands of arrests, the hundreds of interrogations, “and yet, some brave Russians dare to take to the streets to protest against the invasion.”
Extensive report of 100 days of war in Ukraine made the German newspapers with estimates for its extensions.
But what is happening in Russia itself?
THE Christine Hebel traveled to Moscow and records climate and impressions on its website Spiegel. Her stories are shocking. «One of the bitter truths of this 100 day war is that many people in Russia do not really want to see him. They continue to deny what is happening, because what is happening normally should not happen: the thousands dead, the suffering of many injured, the disasters. The crimes of the Russian soldiers against the civilian population in Mariupol, Bouka, Irpin and many other places are refuted and distorted by the Moscow leadership and state broadcasters. And with most Russians, the Kremlin is still doing it. Many now watch less media, all the bad news is very tedious, they prefer to ignore the war. Those who still watch usually let themselves be bombarded by state television without questioning it much…. The war seems distant in the capital. The atmosphere is strange here. For many, the initial shock of the invasion has long since vanished. “The silence in the evenings after February 24 (the day of the Russian invasion) was short-lived, the noise in the usual noisy city took over again.”
“Some brave Russians dare to take to the streets to protest”
The columnist describes the new stricter censorship measuresthe thousands of arrests, the hundreds of interrogations, “and yet, some brave Russians dare to take to the streets to protest against the invasion. ” points out. «The second bitter truth after 100 days of war is that Putin is not going to finish him soon. As political analyst Tatiana Stanovagya points out, for the Kremlin Ukraine is seen as something of a weapon against Russia in the hands of the West that must be neutralized. The same analyst also estimates that the war is actually about Putin’s obsession with the so-called Western threat in order to force the West into a dialogue on Russian terms. “And for Ukraine to be just a hostage.”
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