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What Do Russians Really Think of the War? | Levada Center's Lev Gudkov | GZERO Media

The head of Russia's last pollster shares how Russians view the Ukraine "military operation." Subscribe to GZERO on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2TxCVnY When Vladimir Putin took the decision to send his armies into Ukraine, he claimed to be acting on behalf of the Russian people. Defending them, he said, from the threat of “Nazism.” But after two weeks of war — or the “special military operation,” as it’s called in Russia — how do Russians feel about what’s being done in their name? Lev Dmitrievich Gudkov, director of the Moscow-based Levada Center, the last independent pollster in Russia, spoke with GZERO Media's Alex Kliment. Alex Kliment: Lev Dmitrievich, let me start by asking you how do Russians, in general, feel about what's happening in Ukraine? Lev Gudkov: The larger part of society, which relies on state television propaganda, the less educated, older, and more provincial part of society which has limited sources of information, basically just repeats the propaganda stations. Two thirds approve of the war in Ukraine, that is, of Putin’s actions there. Because aside from TV they have no other sources of information for understanding what’s happening. The other, much smaller part of society, about one quarter of the population, is younger, overwhelmingly in large cities, where there is a completely different information environment and understanding. They see what’s happening in Ukraine extremely negatively and disapprove of Putin’s policies. So it’s very important take into consideration not only people’s opinions, but also the information channels that shape their understanding of what’s happening. Read more: https://www.gzeromedia.com/what-do-ru... Sign up for GZERO’s free newsletter on global politics, Signal: http://bit.ly/gzerosignal Subscribe to the GZERO podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Like GZERO on Facebook:   / gzeromedia   Follow GZERO on Twitter:   / gzeromedia   Follow GZERO on LinkedIn:   / 18385722   GZERO Media is a multimedia publisher providing news, insights and commentary on the events shaping our world. Our properties include GZERO World with Ian Bremmer, our newsletter Signal, Puppet Regime, the GZERO World Podcast, In 60 Seconds and GZEROMedia.com #GZEROMedia #RussianOpinion #Putin