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The War in Ukraine, Explained — Part 1: Why did Putin go to war?
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
I Don't See Putton Having a Dark Future, I Think It's Going to Get Darker
i think russia is moving to a very dark period, and it's probably going to get darker. The way that authoritarian leaders would maintain support is either through popular legitimacy or repression. And i don't see putton having that. I mean, he has some corus supporters. But people are going to look around and see, wow, like the middle class has been decimated. So i don't think he can rely on genuine popular support and media control. One of the things that still sort of open is the internet. They don't have the technical and resource capacity that china does to control the inner net in the way tha china does.
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