Cresce il malcontento nei confronti di Putin in parte della popolazione russa: ‘C’è un muro immenso tra noi e voi’

As the Kremlin continues its efforts to block internet access, an Instagram post went viral in Russia, racking up 24 million views and 1 million likes in the four days after it was published, on April 14. The video was posted from abroad by Victoria Bonya, a former Russian reality TV star now living in Monaco, determined to say directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin “what no governor would dare to tell him.” Her tone was emphatic: “People are afraid of you, artists are afraid, governors are afraid (…) There is an immense wall between you and us, the ordinary citizens, and I want to tear down that wall.”

The influencer argued that those in charge were hiding their mismanagement of problems from the leader. She listed recent devastating floods in Dagestan, oil spills along the Black Sea coast, the brutal culling of livestock in Siberia, the rising cost of living and the blocking of internet access, lamenting the authorities’ lack of response. She warned the president that these failings could fuel popular discontent. “We see you as an excellent politician, but there is much you don’t know,” the socialite whispered.

This plea might have gone unnoticed, except that at the same time, Putin’s approval rating – 67.8% in April – began to dip slightly compared to January, according to a survey conducted from April 6 to 12 by the official polling institute VTsIOM. This was the lowest score since 2022 and the start of the war in Ukraine. Pollsters did not explain the reasons for the eight-point drop, but the increased internet outages since early April may have played a role.

“Anger is rising, especially with the internet connectivity problems. I can really feel it among the population. Even people who are most loyal to those in power are unhappy now, because the network blockages are affecting them too,” confirmed Ksenia (name has been changed), a young Siberian woman who requested anonymity, contacted by *Le Monde*.

The Kremlin’s anti-internet wall has been poorly received by a broad segment of the population, suddenly deprived of digital payment options and all the conveniences of navigation apps. In both Moscow and the regions, entrepreneurs have grimaced at the losses accumulated in recent months due to the network shutdowns. So far, there is no indication that these small and medium-sized businesses will be compensated.

Dear Russians…. search for open windows in the Kremlin building… you know what you have to do to end all of this. Thanks.

Remember when Pringles drove tanks onto Moscow with russians offering no resitance and all the russians were taking photos with his tanks when he took over their cities, but then still went back to work when that was over like nothing happened?

Putin can issue a decree that he will personally shit down their throats and they will eat it. They’re robots. This is an article about how domestic appliances in his kitchen are discontented.

“If only the Tsar knew, he would never allow this.”

At same time Russian economy is doing better than British or German or French or Italian

Yet they’re still joining the Russian army. If no one signed up for killing ukrainians for money there wouldn’t be any war.

Hard pressed to care less what russians think or do as long as they keep it within their own 3rd world despot

Good Tsar, bad boyars. – a tale as old as Russia itself.

In my personal experience most Russians are supporting either what Putin does or his ideas as a whole. Don’t forget that russians have been ruled by Putin and his propaganda for many years. On top of that, the situation before him was not very good either. They basically grew up on propaganda. A big chunk of the russian population have been constantly fed the idea that it’s the evil EU or the americans who are responsible for their misery. Even if the might not be directly supporting an open war going on for years, they absolutely have their resentment against the “evil” west.

I personally know many russians who came here right after the war started. They say that they are against the war. Once you start talking with them tho you realize that they actually support almost every idea behind the war just don’t like the discomfort it causes them and the fact that russians are being killed.

russians when their “malchiki” invade a foreign country: “Yes! Woo hoo! Crimea is not a sandwich! More glory for us from the glorious leader!”

russians when Ukraine defends itself and russian war starts biting them in the ass: “What the fuck?! We signed up for a glorious invasion, not this shit”.