Now both sides are losing. But certainly when I've asked people in the State Department, well, what's the public opinion polls in Russia? They're highly supportive of the war. Well, why wouldn't they? They've got Putin's propaganda. They're not getting their cities bombed. So it's a completely unfair fight. There's no way Putin gives up on this. There's no way it's existential for him. (36:15–36:21)
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Asserts that Russian public opinion is highly supportive of the war due to propaganda.
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