let s talk about that last point that you just made. when we, in the west, look at russia and we wonder, given the pressure that they are under, given the backlash they have faced for the full scale invasion of ukraine, why has the average russian go along with us? there are two important points, the average russian does not readily have access to good information flow and, to, is they have weakened any meaningful opposition in russia because meaningful opposition leaders are in jail. navalny is in jail, is in jail. that s exactly right. and those two points are exactly the right ones. first, that information. so, those that support putin are those that watch russian propaganda channels on tv. by the way, the younger people in russia, polling is hard to do in russia, let s be clear. it s also hard to do in dictatorships, but the best of our knowledge for those that get their information from
by my judgment he did a lot of bad things and not just in ukraine, but in africa and syria. but, he did not have any way to defend himself like you said and the way that he was taken out in this incredibly audacious way, again, we need to underscore that we don t know all the facts so i will keep using the legends. but pretty clear, allegedly, that this plane blew up and he was on it. that is the way that vladimir putin deals with people he doesn t like, or he arrest the same, or he poisons them, or he throws them in jail for 25 years for criticizing s war as have happened to several dissidents. but there is no rule of law in russia, that is for sure. let s talk about that last point that you just made. when we, in the west, look at russia and we wonder, given the pressure that they are under, given the backlash they have faced for the full scale invasion of ukraine, why has the average russian go along with us? there are two important points, the average russian does not readily hav