Yeah, I imagine politics in Russia will get pretty radicalized the more this continues with being publicly opposed to the war becoming increasingly risky. That's really one of the main reasons that I don't support the moralistic and as far as I can see aimless sanction policy. We're freezing the paypal of, and suspending academic collaboration with the people who were most likely to oppose the war. Not that public opposition against the war was likely to have immediate impact, but it's hard to see how the sanction regime does not solidify the Kremlin's story line of a Russia eternally besieged by western forces. It's certainly not going to lead to regime change, though the long term damage is going to be substantial.

Being anti-war in Russia must be really tough;

They are subjected to that kind of treatment:

❗️please share. In #Russia, masked man started posting these stickers on the door of people attending anti protest marching or actively stating they are against the war. The stickers say "Here lives a traitor" with the Z and V letters used by the Russian army. pic.twitter.com/ArScDEvA6l

— Belarus Free Theatre (@BFreeTheatre) March 21, 2022