Although pro-Kremlin media often praise the actions of officers and soldiers, they prefer not to highlight the achievements of senior military commanders. “If there was a general that people listened to all the time, someone who was often in the news, he would inevitably become popular. He would take credit for the win. Who knows what this popularity among war supporters could turn into,” a source close to the Kremlin told Meduza, an opposition website. Hardliners in Russia are increasingly angry with Putin for refusing
