I am so anti-Putin that I cannot fly to Moscow and worship the graves of my mother and sister because I will be arrested as soon as the plane lands.
My grandparents, father, and mother also taught me what your father taught you. Then I grew up I started observing, learning about the world, and drawing conclusions on my own.
By the way, at one time I was one of the leaders of the "democratic movement" in Moscow. During that time there I also matured as a political scientist. Not only that, though. For example, I am currently working on the problem of how to preserve humanity during the phase transition (which, frankly speaking, is a cause for concern).
My principle is absolute independence and maximum criticality of thinking. The first question I ask myself when analyzing the social phenomenon: WHO WILL benefit from it?
I was introduced to Ukrainian nationalism, which in our time has developed into Nazism with a completely OTHER content when I was 7 years old when I was forced to learn the Ukrainian language, and I refused because I was Russian-speaking and already spoke two foreign languages. I was persecuted and beaten by children from Bandera families, who were not shot, but were sent to rebuild the mines in Donbas.
I also went through Soviet prisons, and transfers; I was bitten by the dogs that the guards set on us, and fed with herring, after which they wouldn't let us drink... I went through a 32-day wet hunger strike. Escape. I have seen a lot in my life.
Enough to disbelieve corrupt and deceitful politicians.