‘My mother says I am betraying Russia’: Putin’s invasion divides the generations

Families torn apart as younger Russians opposing war in Ukraine fall out with older relatives reliant on diet of state propaganda

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On day three of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Victoria Gogh realised her mother was slipping away from her.

“I noticed on the phone that mum was starting to parrot the government’s narrative about this war – that this was all the fault of Nato, that Russia had no choice but to defend itself,” said Gogh, 28, a fashion consultant originally from a small town in Siberia who moved to Moscow.

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