Paul Goble
Staunton, Mar. 11 -- Officials and populations in federal subjects closer tot he front line of Putin's war in Ukraine are more active in supporting Russian efforts there than are those farther away, according to a new survey of public activities in regions across the country that has been conducted by the Moscow Center for Political Information.
That survey which examined what officials are doing rather than what residents are actually thinking is available at polit-info.ru/analytics/reports/125.htm and is discussed in detail at nemoskva.net/2025/03/10/chem-blizhe-k-frontu-tem-silnee-podderzhka-svo/ and kommersant.ru/doc/7563610.
This pattern is in many ways no surprise. Regions closer to the front are more affected by refugee flows and troop movements than are regions father away, and their leaders ave a vested interest in mobilizing their populations to support these efforts lest problems arise and hte political futures of htese leaders be put at risk.
But the findings of this survey are important because they show that the Russian Federation is hardly a unified space as far as reaction to the war is concerned and that much of this variation reflects not just combat losses but the actions of regional and republic leaders.
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