If the Russian Elites Doubt Putin, Support for the Kremlin Remains Unshakeable in Deepest Russia.

The Kremlin's propaganda continues to be regarded as the absolute truth.

While doubts are growing in the minds of Russian elites in Moscow about the war Putin has been waging in Ukraine for more than seven months, the situation seems quite different in the Russian heartland. A report by Western media in the city of Ust-Labinsk gives an insight into what Russians far from Moscow think.

Ust-Labinsk is a small town in southern R…