Ok so these people you "happen to know" told you what they have been told or what they are allowed to tell you. Maybe you consider to talk to them again on neutral ground where they have the possibility of free speech. What would happen to somebody in ukraine who is telling another story? This regime killed people for less.
Maybe you consider to talk to them again on neutral ground where they have the possibility of free speech.
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Given I was talking to them in private, eg at their own home, and they knew me personally, they certainly could have said anything they wanted.
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