Hiku said:
The fact that they did not vote with Russia, and said that Russia must respect the sovereignty of Ukraine, is pretty huge, imo. “sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states should be respected and that the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be upheld." “Security of one country cannot come at the cost of undermining the security of other nations [...] Ukraine should become a bridge between East and West,” |
Yeah, I think it is pretty telling, that even allies and economic partners of Russia are at least guarded and clearly are not supporting the invasion, although they might not condemn it as well, to not jeopardize their economic relations. But no one came out in support of Russia, except Belarus. I think Putin gambled away a lot of political influence with that invasion.
And that is also true for russian politics. The protests clearly show this war has no support from the population. And I doubt many state officials or oligarchs are happy about what is happening. I wouldn't even surprised at this point, if someone tries a coup to remove Putin from office.
