It may not be new, but I hadn’t seen it before. Take a look—it’s interesting.
This relates to the idea that, until quite recently, many believed Putin had used the war in Ukraine to build a significant group of ideologically motivated supporters.
No, that didn’t work here either. If a political group—regardless of its views—is relatively independent, then before long it always starts treating Putin the way Strelkov does in this video (though everyone remembers that he, too, once sat beneath the portraits).
The only defining feature of a pro-Putin political group is that they’re on the payroll. They’re simply being paid, that’s all.
That’s why, even though VTsIOM (the Russian state-run public opinion center) reports 84%, people still won’t go to pro-Putin rallies (“putings”) for free.