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Russian patriotism isn’t what Putin thinks it is

19 April 2023

5:55 PM

19 April 2023

5:55 PM

With Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine showing no signs of reaching a conclusion, a recent study by the country’s main state-run pollster, VTsIOM, revealed that 91 per cent of Russians consider themselves patriots. On the face of it, these numbers seem to vindicate two camps with a strikingly similar worldview.

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