At the conference “The Nation and the World: Russian Realities 2024” held in Berlin, sociologists cited data from a survey conducted by the Levada Center. Respondents believe that the potential use of nuclear weapons is “definitely justified,” with 28% believing it is “rather justified.” Forty-five percent of respondents chose “somewhat disagree” and “strongly disagree.” Others refused to answer.
Within a year, the percentage of people opposed to a Russian nuclear attack decreased from 56% to 52%, and the number of supporters increased from 29% to 34%. the researcher pointed out.
– At the same time, a dramatic trend emerged among older generations, from 38 percent to 28 percent. The proportion of people who strongly argue that Russia's use of nuclear weapons has no moral legitimacy has decreased, he added. He declined to disclose the survey method or number of respondents.
Russia needs to export weapons products
Russian defense and foreign policy expert Pavel Luzin also spoke at the Berlin conference. On the investigative journalist website The Insider. He said Russia's arms exports have fallen from $14.6 billion to less than $1 billion this year since 2021, the year before Russia started the war in Ukraine, and that this is due to Russia's role as one of Ukraine's countries. This means that the government will effectively lose the company. A major supplier of arms to the global economic market.
Luzhin added that this is because the Russian military-industrial complex is focused on securing supplies to meet the needs of the Russian military. He stressed that he looked forward to stabilization or an end to the conflict in order to return to fulfilling export contracts.
According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Russian weapons were delivered to 31 countries in 2019 and 12 countries in 2023.
The conference “The Nation and the World: Russian Realities 2024” was held in Berlin on Thursday and Friday. Some speakers are connected online. One of them learned during his speech that he was included in the list of “foreign agents” of the Russian authorities. The conference was organized by former employees of the Sakharov Center for Democracy Promotion in Moscow, which was shut down by authorities.
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