Since the beginning of Russia’s attack on Ukraine on February 24 this year, Moscow has tried to minimize the reality of the war.
Russia called the attack a ‘special operation’ and anyone who tried to call it by any other name in the country faced the ire of the regime.
Russia’s ruling establishment ‘Kremlin’ was trying to present this conflict as a temporary fight with a limited goal.
It was as if Russia was trying to blur the dividing line between war and peace.
On September 21, when President Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawal of reserve soldiers to duty in his speech, his effort was clearly visible. But the way Ukraine has resisted Russia has changed the situation.
On the one hand, some Russians are protesting the attack on Ukraine and they have also publicly demonstrated against the decision to withdraw the reserve troops to duty.
On the other hand, the right-wing forces of the country feel that Russia is showing excessive hesitation and they say that it should give full force against Ukraine.
They wanted Russia to carry out horrific bombings of Ukrainian cities and did not hesitate to even use nuclear weapons.
To understand Russia’s war policy, it is important to know who are these ‘extreme nationalist forces’ of Russia and what is their status in the country?
