Paul Goble
Staunton, June 10 – Russian bloggers who support the war in Ukraine routinely make statements that would get them in deep trouble if they opposed the war, Ivan Filippov says; but while they are tolerated now, they will be among the most promptly repressed once the war ends because the Putin regime will then have no room for such people.
According to Filippov, a Russian writer who studies the Z community, the reason for both is simple: Their statements now help control the military and remind Russians things could be worse if others were in charge, and their continuing existence after the war ends is incompatible with the regime’s nature (holod.media/2025/06/10/poche (u-vlast-terpit-z-blogerov/).
No authoritarian regime – and Putin’s is unquestionably that – can long tolerate those who act independently and at odds with it for very long unless there is a compelling reason to do so. The war in Ukraine gives the Kremlin leader one such reason; but when that is removed, those who have benefited from his tolerance no longer will be able to do so.
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