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A Russian opposition figure, Vladimir Kara-Murza, says the Ukraine war is backfiring on Vladimir Putin as domestic support weakens amid economic hardship, Ukrainian drone strikes, and crackdowns on dissent; a Levada Center poll cited by him shows about 62% favor peace talks and 27% want to continue the war, signaling growing discontent and a potential path toward political change if such sentiment persists.
Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., an intrepid journalist and outspoken critic of the Kremlin, is facing the full blast of Putin’s rage – the Kremlin wants to send him to prison for 25 years for his public anti-war stand. Kara-Murza is maintaining a proud family tradition — raising his voice, much respected among Russian liberals — against oppression and warmongers. It’s always been the role Russian liberal intelligentsia has aspired to play, notwithstanding the costs – and in Russia, the costs are too often a prison cell or death.