Thread by @ChrisO_wiki

1/ Less than half of Russians would support a family member's wish to go to war in Ukraine, according to a new poll. Rather than indicating anti-war sentiment, however, it's likely that this simply indicates a widespread unwillingness to make sacrifices for the war effort. ⬇️

2/ Russia's Levada Centre carried out a poll asking respondents whether they would approve or disapprove if a family member or someone close to them was to sign a contract to go to fight in Ukraine.

3/ The poll, carried out between 24-30 October, found that 42% of respondents would not approve, while only 40% would approve. Another 17% found it difficult to answer, while 1% refused to answer.

4/ Those who said they would not approve gave a variety of reasons. 54% said they feared for the lives of their loved ones, 31% held an anti-war position, 5% felt that only profesional soldiers should be fighting, and 4% believed that the money on offer was not worth it.

5/ These figures correspond to the numbers who state their level of support for the war in the same poll. 45% of respondents strongly supported it, 31% were moderately supportive, and only 16% were against the war.

6/ As the Russian news outlet 'Agency' reports, Denis Volkov – a director of the Levada Centre – sees the figures as indicative of those who are willing to give active support to the war effort as against the majority of respondents who merely give it moral support.

7/ “I perceive it rather as another way to look at those who support and those who do not support [the military actions in Ukraine],” Volkov says. “You can say that these [40% of respondents] are people who are ready to sacrifice something, and not just support it in words.” /end

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