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(loosely connected) I thought this was interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4O3D7CfThA
Goes with the thought that Russians don't protest because the country is so large and diverse that it causes mass apathy amongst the population, people don't really know where the borders are or care it all just falls under a blanket which is why it's easy for them to dismiss Ukrainian sovereignty
Not sure if it fully holds up, but interesting
According to Putinesque thought, there are no Ukrainians. Just Russians suffering from a collective mass delusion that they live in a different country that isn't Russia.