@rms Forced rusicisation, eradication of cultures is a painful history of the region, while supposed "rusophobia" is a big .ru talking point and a key excuse for the invasion.

Ru goverment still has mass support as did the invasion and earlier occupations. Its not Putin himself sloughtering Bucha or razing uncounted villages to the ground, running the war machine at all leveles. Its ordinary Russians choosing their meager comfort over innocent lives.