Som man bäddar får man ligga:
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/brands-leaving-russia-reaction-from-russian-people-rcna19418
Citat:
Exodus of 'iconic' American companies is taking psychic toll on Russians
Russians, Petrovsky-Shtern said, "particularly those born after 1990, are used to having access to Western goods and Western services, and they are alarmed beyond measure."
"They do not want to find themselves in yet another North Korea," he said. "One of the biggest stories that is not being reported is about thousands of middle-class Russians who are voting with their feet and fleeing the country for Kazakhstan, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, and Georgia because they fear losing their standard of living and fear being drafted to fight in this war they don’t want."
The Russians who can't leave "are heading to stores like Ikea and Gucci and buying anything they can before these companies completely disappear from the market," Petrovsky-Shtern said. "Those middle-class Russians understand what is really going on. They know their money will soon be worthless, and this is their last chance to get these items."
Schmidt said for younger Russians in particular, the departure of a company they grew up with like McDonald's or Pizza Hut or Adidas conjures up memories of the grim existence their parents and grandparents lived through.
"It will signal to them a return to the old Soviet Union, a time and place younger Russians have only heard about," he said.
Helt klart många paralleller till vad som redan pratats om i andra trådar; om hur McDonalds-måltider säljs för
tusentals dollar på ryska eBay-motsvarigheter, etc...
Man får sympatisera med de unga ryssar som drabbas och inte har något med detta att göra;
Putin är makalöst impopulär bland människor under ~35, och man får hoppas att de lyckats ta sig ur detta land utan framtid?

För sanktionerna är
absolut nödvändiga.
https://twitter.com/NPRKelly/status/1499858886668472327
Citat:
Taped a remarkable interview with Yulia Zhivtsova, one of the 8000 Russians who have been detained for anti-war protests. When we reached her near Moscow, she said she will keep speaking up, despite the crackdown.
And she insisted that we identify her by her full name. She wants future generations to know that Russians stood up, that "I was out there, I was protesting, I was against this."
And, "If I keep silent, I'm still not safe."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLRXr3kba_I
Citat:
What Young People In Russia Think About Putin’s Invasion
“I think it would be very hard to find a young Russian my age who supports this invasion, who support the war,” says Finley Muratova