"... Elvira Bary explains why many average Russians choose to “believe” tyrants like Putin — not because they are uniquely brainwashed, but because the system trains belief into a survival strategy. ..."
#Russia #RussianSociety #RussianPsychology #PoliticalPsychology #PublicLoyalty #SurvivalStrategy #RussiaUkraineWar #RegimeSurvival
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTgy6VmMz7s
Analysis, with Graeme Robertson, of how Russian citizens adapt to the war, distance themselves from its most destructive consequences, and reproduce the conditions that enable it to continue.
#Russia #Russiansociety #politicalPsychology
https://re-russia.net/en/expertise/0435/
Wartime Russia is characterised by a collectively sustained equilibrium, in which citizens simultaneously adapt to the war, distance themselves from its consequences, and reproduce the conditions that enable it to continue. At the heart of this equilibrium lies a desire for social ‘synchronisation’, that is, the need to align with an imagined majority. This is driven not by superficial conformism but by a commitment to preserving social order and preventing social divisions.
"[...] Elvira Bary looks inside the world of Russia’s Z-bloggers — the most loyal and aggressive public supporters of the Russian army and its war in Ukraine. These pro-war Telegram voices believed the invasion would make them part of a new patriotic elite, but the reality is turning darker: [...] the Kremlin may eventually use these same “patriots” as scapegoats. [...]"
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"... This video argues that the world needs a serious conversation about what real Russian transformation would mean. Not cosmetic reform. Not a temporary thaw. Not another cycle of “Russia is changing” followed by rearmament, repression, and expansion. ...
The choice is stark: Russia can become a community of peaceful, self-governing peoples — or it can perform another thaw, wait for the world to relax, and start again."
#Russia #RussiaEconomy #RussianSociety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2z7auTcvw
"... Elvira Bary explores one of the quietest but most dangerous shifts inside Russia: the death of emotional ownership. Putin’s war was sold as a shared national mission — our boys, our front, our fight, our future. But more and more Russians now support the war publicly while privately wanting it to end, ..."
#Russia #RussianSociety #PoliticalPsychology #RussianPsychology #PutinsWar #RussiaUkraineWar #Obedience #NationalIdentity #Identity #Geopolitics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5HlqmDLDPE
"Putin is under pressure. He wants to finance his historic war while simultaneously keeping the population calm. These cannot both be achieved. That is his predicament."
- Nico Lange
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https://cepa.org/article/putins-deepening-problems-are-europes-opportunity/
Great essay about why it will be hard for Putin to end the war without throwing Russia into chaos.
Russian economy and society have been reorganized around war. There are now powerful domestic incentives that make ending the war difficult and even dangerous for Russia’s president....
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