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There is a common narrative in the West, which corresponds to the Kremlin's narrative, that the Russian government may be tyrannical but it is supported by the majority of Russian people, and the dissident minority, while brave, has no ability to change society. This fits the Vladimir Putin regime's view of itself as the inheritor of a thousand-year-old state.