The number of supporters of sending troops to Ukraine in the Russian Federation has decreased – Levada
Moscow - Kyiv, July 31 (Navigator, Mikhail Stamm) - The number of Russians who believe that Russia should provide direct military support to the militias of south-eastern Ukraine has decreased by a third over the past month, a Levada Center survey shows, RBC reports.
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Over the past month, the number of Russians who consider it necessary to provide direct military assistance to the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR, LPR) has decreased, a Levada Center survey conducted July 18-21 showed. If in June 40% of Russians were in favor of sending troops to Donbass, then by the time the Malaysian Boeing crashed into territory controlled by militias, 26% of respondents were already in favor of such an option. At the same time, the number of those who do not consider the invasion of south-eastern Ukraine to be right has increased from 45% to 61%.
The fact that Russians have become more peace-loving is also evidenced by a decrease in the share of those declaring the need to provide military-technical support to the militias in the form of consultations and weapons - in June 64% of respondents spoke about its desirability, in July - 58%.
The consciousness of Russians was influenced by the gesture of Vladimir Putin, who at the end of June revoked his right to send troops into the territory of Ukraine without the sanction of the Federation Council, says Deputy Director of Levada Alexey Grazhdankin. This decision was supported by 69% of Russians, the survey shows. The rhetoric of the media has also changed, and they have begun to more often use less positively loaded concepts in relation to the militias, Grazhdankin adds.
This can be explained by a rollback to the natural level of non-aggressive attitude of Russians in Ukraine and support of the thesis declared by the Russian leadership about the need to resolve the conflict peacefully, says political scientist Alexander Pozhalov.
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