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Thus, the war spurred and intensified the trend of recent years—regression towards a classic fear dictatorship. At the same time, surveys show that those who left have above average education and are among the country’s most active consumers, with incomes several times higher than the national average. Since the outbreak of the war, Russia has experienced two waves of emigration. Both lashed out at top generals for ordering a retreat from the city of Lyman in late September.
- Sister Spannaus was serving on the Relief Society Advisory Council at the time of her call.
- Police have started targeting not just political activists but a much broader circle of people, aiming to spread fear to all who are tempted to protest.
- The Russian public was ready to rally behind “victories,” but support for an actual war seemed thin in 2021.
- As economic professionals and political operatives were marginalised, Putin was increasingly surrounded by the third key faction within his regime — siloviki.
- You see him come to the fore when you lunge him - he’s just got this incredible action.”
- With regard to both political prisoners and state killings, there is worrying room for the regime to deteriorate further towards the levels of violence found in many 20th century dictatorships.
- As noted, all independent media has been squelched and the Kremlin no longer pretends to tolerate genuine political opposition.
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- In fact, such autocrats start wars or military conflicts less often than fear dictators.
- “She reminds me of Legally Bay in every way, in the head and the fact she’s very precocious.
- By 2021, only 42 percent of respondents said their main source of information about domestic events was television.
- Before the Ukraine invasion, positive feelings towards the US and Europe had been trending up for seven years, outpacing negative attitudes by late 2021.
- Between 2017 and late 2021, the share of Russian respondents who feared “a return to mass repression” increased from 21 to 47 percent.
- This remains quite different from the situation in many 20th century fear dictatorships, in which thousands — or even millions — of political prisoners languished for years in labor camps.
