In their mind Russia, individual Russians and Putin are are merged together, so they see one and assume all.
When it’s them it’s the other way around, every individual has positive deniability for the actions of their leaders. “My President/intelligence agency did that, but I don’t support it!” while doing absolutely nothing to change it.
In their mind Russia, individual Russians and Putin are are merged together, so they see one and assume all.
When it’s them it’s the other way around, every individual has positive deniability for the actions of their leaders. “My President/intelligence agency did that, but I don’t support it!” while doing absolutely nothing to change it.