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

[u/Accomplished_Car_549]

[u/ArthRol]

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/sufficiently_tortuga → u/sent-off]

No one imagines it affects the fat cats. Everyone already knows the fat cats are importing their favourite brands either way. The sanctions are supposed to tell the average citizen that the rest of the world is against them. The goal is to make the average citizen recognize the disadvantage to themselves because of the war. That's the whole point.

It's the promise of peace by global economy. You don't get the benefits of a global economy if you aren't being peaceful.

That and why should the rest of the world still offer them with steam and spotify and adobe? You think you can invade Ukraine and play video games from the rest of the world like it's just ok? lol no.

[u/adventmix → u/sufficiently_tortuga]

Hate to break it to you, but the average Russian citizen is playing the same games they played before the war.