@hans @tivasyk putin can trivially reach people in any country. And he does. Read up on Tumso Abdurakhmanov, for example.
Believe me, for the stuff me and my friends are doing, *that* regime can send hit squads.
Your logic is the same as the logic of "Abwer has eyes everywhere" from #WW2 times. It simply isn't true.
Also, some cells WITHIN russia that I just know of and worked with, work every day to increase the awareness of fellow countryfolk and help them do the morally (and pragmatically!) right thing.
P.S.
Surprised to see a Dutch person having so much compassion towards those who willingly or unwillingly contribute to a fascist regime waging genocide.
@hans I see your perspective, I can't agree with the assessment of navalny, but leaving this aside, how come Iranian women are protesting then? Are Iranian women somehow special? I don't think so.
I think that "central" russians simply feel like they have too much to lose and "rural" russians simply support the regime.
You can make up your mind by watching the raw materials that channels like 1420 and Отдельная Цивилизация who publish unomitted content where they interview random russians in the streets. Отдельная Цивилизация doesn't have English translation, but I can make it for you if you want to hear what "rural" russians themselves have to say.