Daily News | Accusing Russia of genocide or war crimes won’t halt Putin’s Ukraine war | Trudy Rubin
from the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in partnership with Russia’s Levada Analytical Center shows that 53% of Russians strongly support Russia’s “military operation” in Ukraine, while 28% somewhat support it.
Even if one doubts the poll, there are endless stories of Ukrainians rebuffed on the phone by Russian relatives when they try to describe what the invaders are doing to their country. It’s typical to hear stories like this one, from Yevhen, another Lubyanka native, whose last name I’m not using because he is currently serving in the Ukrainian military. He told me via WhatsApp, “My father’s brother who lives in Russia called him and said ‘We are saving you from Nazi barbarians.’ My father replied ‘You are crazy. Come here and I will show you who are Nazis.’” But the hard facts didn’t change the Russian relative’s mind.
The devilish cleverness of Putin’s Big Lie is that it feeds on Russians’ historic pride about their World War II triumph over Nazi Germany, which is celebrated each year on May 9 as Victory Day with a huge parade in Red Square. Russian friends tell me the letter Z on invading Russian tanks is a throwback to the words “Na Zapad,” meaning “To the West,” which were painted on military vehicles headed towards Berlin during World War II.
It may seem unimaginable to Americans that this Nazi trope can brainwash much of the Russian public in the age of the internet. Yet most Russians still get their news from state-controlled TV and radio, on which Putin and state-controlled media
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