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As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?

  • Written by Peter Rutland, Professor of Government, Wesleyan University
As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?Does the nation stand behind him?Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP via Getty Images

Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict. After all, it is ordinary citizens who tend to bear the economic and human costs.

And yet, as the war following Russia’s full-scale invasion of...

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