It is believed that around 15 percent of Russians reject the war against Ukraine. Why aren’t there more? About a society in which the propaganda poison that has been spread for years is now having an effect.
Irina Scherbakova is a historian and board member of the Russian history and human rights organization Memorial International, which was dissolved by a Moscow court in late 2021. In Germany she received the Theodor Heuss Prize three weeks ago. She now lives in Tel Aviv.