Vladimir puton says there is broad public support for his invasion of ukrane. But he adds that if there is a massive public support, there are no visual clues as to whether it actually is. There ore no patriotic outbursts associated with the annexation of crimea which was quite visible.
It depends a lot on where they get their news. Meduza’s Aleksey Kovalev reports from Moscow.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Noel King.
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