Even during the current highly repressive period (the most repressive since the 1980s), expressions of disaffection continue across a spectrum—from arson attacks on military draft offices (connected to mobilization resistance) to small-scale wildcat strikes and protests on economic issues—indicating that people internalize a sense of having rights to a say in their lives and their country despite the futility.

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Mark Galeotti

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continuing expressions of disaffection ranging for the full spectrum from Arsenal attacks on military draft offices...all the way through to actually continuing protests [39:20]

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Mark Galeotti - Russia has Defied Predictions of Analysts and Media. What are we Still Getting WrongSilicon Curtain
Created: 8/12/2026, 10:24:24 PM

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