We find it interesting what's going on in Russia. We've followed this man Constantine for 7 months. His videos went from fun stuff about Russia to a very dark place as the government clamps down. Russians for the last 20 yrs or so has had a taste of freedom and prosperity, it's now being stripped away day by day.
They know the news is nothing but propaganda, they know it's a designed pitch with very little real news of the outside world. No one dare challenges Putin without consequences from a police force like no other with unlimited power to arrest, imprison without due process...
It remains to be seen that the protests against the partial mobilization of 300,000 can be sustained without a massive uprising. Back channels tells us the real number is over a million..