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NY Times: As Sanctions Pile Up, Russians’ Alarm Grows Over Putin's Tactics
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
Fears are growing that the festering turmoil in Ukraine and the new round of sanctions announced Tuesday will damage the economy to the extent that ordinary Russians feel it.
Rebuttal by The Anti-New York Times
So, the Russian people are "alarmed over Putin's tactics" and their "fears are growing", eh? Is that why Putin's popularity rating in Russia has now reached an all-time peak of 85%? Just exactly who are these fearful Russians who are supposedly growing weak-in-the-knees "over Putin's tactics"? Let's meet an "expert" and find out.
Sulzberger's Slimes quotes Nikolay Petrov, who, in spite of his ties to the Carnegie Endowment for World Peace, is described in this article as an "independent Russian political analyst":
“They (the Russian government) were not anticipating the West to make radical moves, costly moves. What is happening is different from what they wanted and what they expected......Until this catastrophe, Putin’s calculations were pretty good in terms of being able to win any tactical battle.”