Comment by pawel90210

I do not doubt that many Russian citizens are appalled by the actions of their government, and certainly resisting or protesting is risky for them and incurs significant penalties. But these penalties are not remotely comparable to what is being inflicted on innocent Ukrainians. This is a situation that has resulted from 20 years of inaction and acquiescence during which an increasingly thuggish Putin and his cronies have gotten rich and been emboldened. The only solution now is for Russians themselves to change things - they need to get behind Navalny or some other opposition leader and force a change and, sorry if this is going to be costly for some of them, but those Russians complaining really need to find their balls, like Navalny, Nemtsov and others and deal with their problem. Nobody else can do this.