When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Western governments,including the United States, immediately condemned what they described as “Vladimir Putin’s war.”
My Country, Right or Wrong:Russian Public Opinion on Ukraine
Denis Volkov and Andrei Kolesnikov
Contents
Introduction 1
Who Supports Putin and Why? 2
A Defensive War 6
The Scale of Dissent 7
Comparing the Crimea and Donbas Effects 8
Sources of Information 10
The New Normal 11
Double-Edged Sanctions 13
The Context of the 2024 Presidential Election 15
Conclusion 16
About the Authors 17
Notes 19
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 23