population that are pro-war and are hardest to get the right information to, to get the truth to. the older population, they are not going to install the vpm to get to western social media there. they are set in their ways and how they consume information and this divide that currently exists is very hard to break. carley: vadim, vladamir putin went on tv and criticize those who speak out against him as scum and anti-patriotic and there is concern he will tighten his authoritarian rule as this plays out. what do you think about that? i think what we are see suggest natural unfolding of events, it is us versus the world mentality. a lot of what i saw in the speech he just gave was world
speech, where he s essentially saying that sanctions were inevitable and this war is simply an excuse for ways to accelerate all the sanctions because they want to destroy russia and russian way of life. unfortunately for a lot of people exposed to that state media and russian-owned social networks, this is what they take at face value, a story they will run with and it is a very dangerous narrative. vadim ismakaev. todd: you say age determines what you been this war, sman. if we look at independent studies conducted, it is mostly the young generation is mostly against this war for obvious reasons. they grew up with western culture, this is something they did not want to lose a connection to. same time, it is the older
A Russian-born American told Fox News on Tuesday that sanctions imposed on Russia by the West are taking a significant toll on the Russian people but in some instances are actually rallying more support for President Vladimir Putin.
As Russian forces lay siege to Ukrainian cities and shell sites throughout the country, Russians to the north are largely unaware of how severe the war has become due to rampant censorship and misinformation, according to a Russian-born U.S. citizen who now lives in Texas.