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The same feelings of amazement and dejection are expressed in the voices of our many Russian interlocutors
.
"But how is that possible?"
The adult generations, who have seen others, particularly since the fall of the USSR, but also the youngest, are wondering about the events of recent days as well as about their future, with the awareness that this could be deeply affected.
The war started by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine has gripped them and leaves them helpless.
"I no longer recognize my country,"
says Tania, a 30-year-old architect.
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We observe simultaneously, in the country, three parallel realities.
That, first, of the federal television channels where continuous jets of invective are expressed, replicating the remarks of the head of the Kremlin and galvanizing the fight against the
“Nazi” forces
in power in Kiev.
Then, the reality of a daily crowd, crossed in the street, the shops, the metro, which displays the mask of indifference...
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