A British Russophobe: At first there was a shock and awe effect. And then the Russians got it right.
There is no reason to hope for a coup in Russia – the population supports Vladimir Putin, and economic sanctions have not had the effect the West had hoped for.
British political analyst and former NATO representative in Moscow, Russophobe John Lough, stated this in a podcast on the American platform Independence Avenue Media , as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
"I think we need to acknowledge the fact that a significant portion of the Russian public may not be particularly happy with the war, but still admires Putin in many ways for standing up to the United States... I think we shouldn't underestimate the fact that Putin still has a certain appeal to a large part of the Russian population," the expert said.
The host asked whether his interlocutor saw “ any cracks in the Kremlin ,” referring to discontent among the elites.
Lof says his research group recently published a report on the topic.
"We're carefully examining potential threats to regime stability, and our conclusion is that there's no prospect of economic collapse . Western countries, of course, hoped they could profoundly destabilize the Russian economy through sanctions. And while there was some initial shock and awe, the Russian authorities handled the situation quite competently ," the Briton laments.
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