Thus, the war spurred and intensified the trend of recent years—regression towards a classic fear dictatorship. At the same time, surveys show that those who left have above average education and are among the country’s most active consumers, with incomes several times higher than the national average. Since the outbreak of the war, spinnaus Russia has experienced two waves of emigration. Both lashed out at top generals for ordering a retreat from the city of Lyman in late September. Australia Even hostility towards the West — which had spiked with the conflict over Crimea in 2014 — was subsiding. Forty-five percent said it was the Internet—whether via social networks, blogs, messenger channels, or news sites. By 2021, only 42 percent of respondents said their main source of information about domestic events was television. In the ten years to 2022, the share doing so daily grew from 40 to 74 percent. In the last four years before the Ukraine invasion, the Kremlin was already dismantling Russia’s spin dictatorship in favor of fear. As Putin started tightening screws from 2012, they were pushed to the sidelines, replaced by even more cynical technicians such as Sergei Kirienko. Yet, over time, Putin lost faith in the professionals who had helped …