Overstated. It’s not 1930. Russians have access to other news and know Putin is spewing nonsense to justify his actions. Sure there is a considerable % of people that believe him, but it’s not over say 50%.It's being sold that ethnic Russian's are being slaughtered because they are Russian. While you and I may find it farcical, for every Russian protesting Putin another Russian actually believes this.
A high % of his military knows he’s full of shit.