Vox Pop video of people on the street in Moscow being asked about Ukraine.

[tim]

Clearly, made in the last few weeks and with no direct questions about the war. Anyway, voices of normal people rather than Putin or his spokesfolk. I teach several Russians so the topic of "it" gets touched upon occasionally.

 

[tim]

Another video with people looking uncomfortable when asked about "Z", except for the ones who thought it was something to do with Zorro.

 

[rubbershoes]

Clearly, made in the last few weeks and with no direct questions about the war. Anyway, voices of normal people rather than Putin or his spokesfolk. I teach several Russians so the topic of "it" gets touched upon occasionally.

That's interesting to watch.
Huge amounts of saying stuff without saying it there.

 

[agricola]

Clearly, made in the last few weeks and with no direct questions about the war. Anyway, voices of normal people rather than Putin or his spokesfolk. I teach several Russians so the topic of "it" gets touched upon occasionally.

Very interesting that, of course with the proviso of them being able to select whose interviews appeared in that piece.

 

[magneze]

Does anyone else find it a bit off to have people go around a country asking questions of the public that might get them put in jail? It's shit enough that it's happening without some twat trying to get you to go to jail for some YouTube $$.

 

[tim]

Does anyone else find it a bit off to have people go around a country asking questions of the public that might get them put in jail? It's shit enough that it's happening without some twat trying to get you to go to jail for some YouTube $$.

I remember getting angry about John Sweeney doing this in Saddam's Iraq.

However, these interviews are being done by Russians, so I assume putting themselves more at risk than their interviewees, who adults and know the limits of what they feel comfortable saying within their society. Like Turks, most of the, middle-class, Russians I meet seem to have few qualms about criticising the regime but have little confidence in their ability to change anything.