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One pillar of #Russia’s tactics regarding West now is to disconnect RU people “who are not guilty”, and RU gov-t. By pushing this sensitive for 🇩🇪 or 🇮🇹 button of public opinion, Kremlin is trying to preserve its soft power and sentiments towards RU in usually loyal countries. 🧵
2/Kremlin needs easing of sanctions & will push the message “not to target ordinary Russians”, especially when military activities will be decreased a bit. RU has its ears in Western Europe for that. People there used to love 🇷🇺 and Russians for too long to stop it immediately
Example: #ResearchersAtRisk is almost fully aimed at UA now. But 5-10% of calls for applications are for RU researchers “escaping from regime”! How will you define, they are escaping? Cause they worked up to now in RU state think tanks, but now don’t want to live under sanctions?
