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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Russians haven't had any say in their lives for a 1000 years, they aint going to suddenly starts demanding it now for the Ukraine
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And also, similar to China, there's little appetite to oppose a leader/government (even a despotic one) when your material conditions are improving. The jump in the average life expectancy in Russia since it dropped in the '90s/early '00s is pretty dramatic:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SPDYNLE00INRUS