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>The people of Russia don't seem to want this war, they are conscripted. (From what I've read from afar.)

People in russia want the war, want to win and conquer Ukraine, they just dont want to be conscripted personally.

According to what I am reading on Russian-in-exile liberal media with persistent anti-war agenda [1], just several months ago polls (both state-backed and "independent" ones) suggested that more than half of the Russians were in favour of the war. The article I am citing suggests that there has been a change in opinions recently, but still.

[1] https://meduza.io/feature/2022/11/30/za-peregovory-s-ukraino...

This is what makes taking in Russian refugees complicated, many of them support the war they just didn't want to die themselves.

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