Society‘A hostile world’: Fear and mistrust reshape everyday life in wartime Russia, but some still build community

Loneliness has become a widespread but largely unseen consequence of the war inside Russia. Many people avoid contact with others because even an apparently harmless conversation about peace could lead to imprisonment, leaving them to face their pain alone. Others have withdrawn from public life, believing they can no longer change anything, and concentrated on their families. Both antiwar voices and supporters of the war describe isolation and fear. Still, some people have found ways to escape this dead end, as the independent journalists’ cooperative Bereg reports.

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MMeduza★★★☆☆2026-08-12 16:04Original