Comment by genman
1 year ago
No, this is not the meaning of the word. The reason why they do this is not important - though I wouldn't be surprised if both of them would benefit personally in one way or another. Only very naive person would not see the connection.
Your second claim is also not correct. Even Russians themselves are not in 100% agreement with the Russian government and many of them even criticize it heavily - not enough Ukrainians are killed.
Of course not all Russians share this sentiment. There are people, of whom many have by now emigrated, who are against Russian government genocidal actions and there is large part of people who are either ignorant or indifferent.