Dusseldorf If you believe various opinion polls in Russia, then a large part of the Russian population supports President Vladimir Putin. How much the survey values reflect the actual mood cannot be checked. At the same time, there are repeated reports of protests on the streets and individual voices that are clearly opposed to the war in Ukraine.
In the face of the new media law in Russia, most western journalists have stopped their work in Russia, because in the worst case they face prison sentences of several years if they report unwelcomely. And so it is becoming increasingly difficult to draw an authentic picture of the mood. Independent information from the country is currently more important than ever.
Aurélie Bros has worked in Ukraine and Russia for many years. In December last year, she had a bad gut feeling and warned her friends in Russia, she says in the new episode of Handelsblatt Today.
Bros wrote her doctoral thesis on Gazprom’s export strategy. She then worked as director of a research program on energy and petroleum at Harvard University in Boston. Through her work she came into contact with many important personalities from Russia. Among them are members of the opposition, whom she is now helping to flee the country.
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Bros speaks to Handelsblatt Today about how she sees things going in Russia at the moment and how the Russian state is dealing with protests. Above all, she wants to send a message of peace.
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