Pressure on Russia’s structural weaknesses could help Ukraine and force Russia to the negotiating table. Calls for negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine are growing louder. But much of the debate in Western capitals still misunderstands what Moscow fears most. The Kremlin is not primarily afraid of NATO enlargement, nor of where to draw a new demarcation line. President Vladimir Putin is afraid of Russians. Peace for Russia will mean domestic instability. This explains Russia’s