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People celebrate the first anniversary of Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian Oblasts in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 29, 2023.
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Putin, the people, or both? The unresolved question of responsibility in Russia

by Archil Jangirashvili

About the author: Archil Jangirashvili is a Georgian lawyer and academic specializing in law, political ethics, and human rights. The question of whether Russian society bears responsibility for Vladimir Putin’s actions has been raised repeatedly since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This debate is not confined to Eastern Europe; it also actively circulates in Western political and academic circles. Often, it produces a comforting illusion: the source of today’s threa

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