Peskov, Dmitri S
Shaken at First, Many Russians Now Rally Behind Putin’s Invasion
The stream of antiwar letters to a St. Petersburg lawmaker has dried up. Some Russians who had criticized the Kremlin have turned into cheerleaders for the war. Those who publicly oppose it have found the word “traitor” scrawled on their apartment door. Five weeks into President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, there are signs […]
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Piece by Piece, Russia’s Rationale for a Ukraine Invasion Is Put in Place
MOSCOW — Slumped in a chair, red tie askew, his staccato delivery emphasizing every grievance, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered a speech on Monday that sounded like a call to war. It was also the culmination of a propaganda barrage orchestrated by Russian state media in recent days — a stark demonstration of how the […]
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