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The relatives of soldiers who criticised the government and war were banned from social media, so, yes, it's just the hardliners left who are allowed to speak freely.
It wouldn't surprise me if this was a plant group to pre-empt criticism from actual groups like it.
This is Russia… the “widows’ group” is not an independent collection of normal people, like you would expect in the west. It was started just two months ago. They are just another soldier in the information war, preparing the population for martial law. >

This, along with Solovyov's recent comments, is just the opening in a PR campaign to get the Russian populace into a place where they can accept full mobilization and a move to a total war footing. >

Yes... Because misery loves company. >

This feels like a scripted thing so when they do call for the major mobilization it's not a shock