- In recent weeks, the tone of public debate in Russia has moved beyond merely punishing those who criticise the 'Special Military Operation' towards mandating citizens to actively make sacrifices in support of the war effort.
- Russian state-backed media and business groups have petitioned the Economic Ministry to authorise a six-day week for workers in the face of the economic demands of the war, apparently without additional pay. On 21 May 2023, leading Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan mooted that citizens should work for two extra hours in munitions factories each day, after their regular jobs.
- The evolving tone of the conversations clearly echoes a Soviet-style sense of societal compulsion. It also highlights how the leadership highly likely identifies economic performance as a decisive factor in winning the war.
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After the destruction of Kiev by the Mongols (1240), Russia became endow politically and religiouly, as a mean of their hegemony. Next notule will see the integration of Russia in the world of imperialism.
Following a first article on the duality of the slavics evolution, Kiev vs Norgorod, in the 900, let's see the follow up. The russians as such in Russia ( Byzantine sources), siege Constantinople, under Patriarch Photius attempt to convert them to christianity (864-7 ). Oleg of the Rurik line settles in Kiev and subjugates Novgorod, with peace agreement and trade treaty with Bizantium. Igor, the successor of Oleg, renewed the alliance (955), while his son Svyatoslav seeks to consolidate his control on the commercial routes. Vladimir, younger son of Svyatoslav, capture Novgorod and Kiev with the help of Scandinavian mercenaries, opening to the christian marriage of Anne, sister of the Emperor Basil II. The russians were still resistant to conversion into christianity. Jaroslav took power (1019) and under his reign Kievan Rus enjoy its most successful period. Jaroslav concludes alliances with several European courts and, the Patriach of Constantinopol vested the status of metropolis on Kiev. That period withness the finest stone architecture, litterary activity and, the first russian chronicles. After Jaroslav the influence of Kiev collapses, the Kievan princes no longer able to control the internal feuding of the principalities. Adding threats from Poland (in the West) and the Cumans ( in the East, settled in the southern Russia), the trade with Byzantium became difficult.