Russia’s chaotic mobilization of troops has ended, its goals largely met. But the public is still coming to grips with the psychological stresses of the process – and of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Amid war and sanctions, Russian tourists have been cut off from many vacation spots this summer. That has spurred a boom in travel to destinations within their own vast homeland.
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Alexey Navalny, the West's favorite Russian opposition figure, is loved abroad, but remains a divisive figure within the country. However, that doesn’t mean Russians don’t want change, and there is plenty of local civic activism.