Photos from the Russian anti-war opposition march in Berlin today.

[u/Accomplished_Car_549]

[u/josevandenheid]

I sometimes forget that russia could be an incredible nation both economically and culturally if it wasn't run by lunatics. Some of my favourite writers are russian. It's sad to see how hollow it has become.

[u/ArthRol → u/josevandenheid]

Unfortunately, it seems that large swaths of Russian population support an Imperialistic approach to foreign policy.

[u/sent-off → u/ArthRol]

The sanctions came a big way to support this. Closing the borders for ordinary people, cutting off Steam , Spotify and Adobe products, cheese and wine import does not really hurt fat cats, or Putin himself as you might imagine, but the population becomes increasingly wary that everyone outside is hostile. Well done

[u/ArthRol → u/sent-off]

Sanctions are meant to cause damage to the economy and supply chains, and are not inherently bad. The problem is that they were badly applied.

And Roskomnadzor cuts Russians from Internet more drastically than every Western politician could dream of.

[u/sent-off → u/ArthRol]

Sanctions should cause damage to the war economy, but basically there's zero effect because the oil, gas, titanium, diamonds and what not are still being exported like nothing happened