Using sham referendums, annexations, and a large conscription drive Vladimir Putin is trying to salvage his “special military operation” - It means that this illegal war on Ukraine has now arrived in the middle of Russian society. But opposition seems to be growing, protests are increasing, and thousands of Russian men of fighting age are fleeing conscription – a true exodus of well-educated men has begun. They refuse to die for Putin’s imperial ambitions. We ask: Protests and mass flight: is Russia turning on Putin?

Maria Makeeva, a journalist from Russia, currently living and working in Berlin and editor-in-chief of the Russian language TV Channel Ost-West
Daniel Brössler, Correspondent for the German broadsheet Süddeutsche Zeitung and former correspondent in several Eastern European countries.
Plus our very own Roman Goncharenko, DW's Russa analyst, joining us from DW's Bonn headquarters

Chapters:
00:00 Is Russia turning on Putin?
03:30 Russia is very likely behind pipeline attack
05:00 How much support does Russia really have in the occupied territories?
07:22 Referendum is completely illegal
09:15 With annexation there is no more room for negotiations
11:00 Putin could pull the nuclear option
13:18 Will Putin have enough soldiers for his war?
15:15 Putin could close the borders soon
19:00 The mood in Russia is changing
21:00 Only a huge uprising could stop Putin

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