if we're already at it - have you heard about the freedom of russia legion? allegedly russian citizens turning against their own government. everything i could gather about that group smells to high heaven and nobody questions that narrative. pro-ukrainian media basically just praises those selfless heroes for their action. but none of it makes any sense. neither psychologically, nor militarily, nor socially, nor politically - any theories on what's going on with that?
Oh wow how did you manage to get good sources about the state of the CIS's psychology, society, or for that matter military?
Do you have access to FSB's secret polls? How does polling work if the wrong answer gets you 15 years in a penal colony?