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Yulia Navalnaya criticizes Ukraine: This is not Russia's war

Yulia Navalnaya criticizes Ukraine: This is not Russia's war

77% of Russian citizens support Putin's aggression, but Navalnaya is reluctant to blame Russia for the war

Apr 18, 2024 07:35 199

Yulia Navalnaya criticizes Ukraine: This is not Russia's war - 1
Denis Dzhambazov Denis Dzhambazov Author at Fakti.bg

The widow of the murdered Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, made a strange statement, claiming that the war that the Russian terrorist federation started against Ukraine is “not Russia's war, but Putin's.

Yulia Navalnaya entered TIME magazine's top 100 of the most influential people on the planet. In an interview with the publication, the Russian woman stated that the Ukrainian government made a “mistake”, claiming that there are no “good Russians” who are against the war.

“The expression “good Russian“ is very bad. I think they [the Ukrainian government] don't want to go after these anti-war Russians. But there are such in Russia. It's just hard to expect them to come out and protest the war because not everyone is a hero. Ignoring these people is a mistake of the Ukrainian government”, said Yulia Navalnaya.

Ordinary Ukrainians understand that not all Russians are against them. But as far as the Ukrainian government is concerned, I think it would be proper to take into account that there are such Russians. This is Putin's war. This is not Russia's war”, Yulia Navalnaya also said.

This narrative is difficult for Ukrainians to accept, who are daily subjected to terrorist attacks by the Russian aggressor. Russia is in its third year of full-scale war trying to destroy the Ukrainian state, having committed 130,000 war crimes (these are the documented ones, their real number is much higher). A large part of Russian citizens stand behind Putin's aggression, and claims like Navalnaya's that only the president's regime in the Kremlin is to blame for the massacre in Ukraine are illogical.

Not only are Russian citizens not opposed to Putin's wars of conquest, but entire generations of Russians live with the belief that their country has the right to steal foreign lands, Georgia and Moldova for reference. The Russian propaganda machine continues to irradiate Russians and convince them that Russia is the victim in this war, not the aggressor. And similar theses are widely perceived in the federation, as the sociological surveys there indicate. Current study of the center “Levada“ shows that 77% of surveyed Russians support the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine, and only 7% are categorically against.