Russia Matters (from Levada Center), 12/12/25
Finnish President Alexander Stubb claimed peace is closer for Ukraine now than at any time early 2022. “We’re quite close” to an agreement, Stubb said on Dec. 9. The Russian public seemed to share Stubb’s desire for peace. A Levada Center survey (November 2025) showed a record 65% now favor moving to peace talks (+4 points since October), while only 26% want to continue fighting (the lowest share on record).
Thank God for that!!
Interestingly, we, and among them myself, have recently very often heard that the Russians in public now more often use the word ”war” in public, and not the impossible orwellian ”special military operation” which seems to have fallen out of favour among the Russian public, also using the word ”war” in interviews to most foreign journalists.