Most of my friends, their income has dropped by, easily, 30 percent if not more. But that has not created a burst of opposition against Putin and his policies. Partially, they think, "Well, Western sanctions are going to make us finally develop our own Chocolate Enrobing Machine, our own agriculture, our own food production, and this is going to take time but this is good for us." The other part is that, as much of a dictator, in many ways, as Putin has become, there are people who are even more draconian who are waiting in the wings possibly.
On the risks Putin’s critics face One friend of mine, who I call "L," because she was afraid of using her name. When we first met she was not afraid, but then as the years went by [she] asked me please not to. She sort of describes being back in the Soviet days where she has frank discussions in her own kitchen but does not express her views publicly. The Internet, for all intents and purposes, is still pretty lively.
But increasingly, and this is just beginning to happen now, before Putin’s people would go after major figures who might be a threat. But now they’re using very vague extremism laws to go after, for instance, one ordinary Russian who simply said, "God doesn’t exist," on the Internet, and he is now being prosecuted. So you’ve got this selective intimidation which has wide-ranging ripples.
On whether Russians blame Putin for the country’s problems They just kind of shrug their shoulders and say, "You know, there’s nothing he can do about it." And then I say, "But wait a minute, it’s not that he’s an innocent in all of this," and they just once again shrug their shoulders. They complain about it all the time, but it has not yet affected his popularity, which is at record highs.
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On the risks Putin’s critics face One friend of mine, who I call "L," because she was afraid of using her name. When we first met she was not afraid, but then as the years went by [she] asked me please not to. She sort of describes being back in the Soviet days where she has frank discussions in her own kitchen but does not express her views publicly. The Internet, for all intents and purposes, is still pretty lively.
But increasingly, and this is just beginning to happen now, before Putin’s people would go after major figures who might be a threat. But now they’re using very vague extremism laws to go after, for instance, one ordinary Russian who simply said, "God doesn’t exist," on the Internet, and he is now being prosecuted. So you’ve got this selective intimidation which has wide-ranging ripples.
On whether Russians blame Putin for the country’s problems They just kind of shrug their shoulders and say, "You know, there’s nothing he can do about it." And then I say, "But wait a minute, it’s not that he’s an innocent in all of this," and they just once again shrug their shoulders. They complain about it all the time, but it has not yet affected his popularity, which is at record highs.
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