In contrast, the number of those who consider the Russian mission in Ukraine "liberating" fell from 28% to 12%. 14% blamed Russia for the conflict on February 25, but on March 3 that Finland Email List rose to 36%. Meanwhile, the number of those condemning the West or "all sides" had declined negligibly, and the view that Ukraine was to blame was marginal. On the other hand, the number of those who think that the economic consequences of current events will be "catastrophic" for Russia has grown 1.5 timever before in the history of our opinion research service have we seen such a dynamic in popular opinion. In just a few days of war, the attitudes of Russians have changed dramatically," the poll organizers wrote. There are frequent cases of people who have changed their minds in the last two weeks.

The communist Duma deputy Mikhail Matveyev, who voted for the recognition of the sovereignty of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic (two Russian-speaking territories in eastern Ukraine), became one of the symbols of this painful awakening «I voted for peace, not for war.