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What about the innocent users who didn't? Russia is not a democracy.

There are a lot of them and not many of the dictators and his cronies. They could all do an uprising. It’s funny that a country with so much history of rebellion have leaders who have become so complacent

I'm sorry for those of the 11 percent innocent (1) that are left there, happy that many fled the dictatorship.

(1) 89% of Russians approved Putin and the 2014 Crimean invasion

> 89% of Russians approved Putin

According to Putin.

No according to different pollsters.

Lewada, the pollster which got sacked later as a "foreign agent", got 86%

86, 89 what's the difference? Putin is running a fascist elderly home at this point. Younger people in Russia won't be able to buy gas or hail a ride now.

That's terrible. Meanwhile, in Ukraine they bombed another shopping center.

See the difference? Dual use / military goals vs mass murdering civilians.

No, what does it matter if he has 89 or 86% approval? Obviously who cares if Russians can't hail a ride? They should've stayed home as Bohumil Hrabal used to say in Closely Observed Trains about those other invaders.

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