It makes leadership complicit and is entirely fair if parent is correct; nobody's going to give a shit about wartime grift after the fact.
Men are/were being conscripted to defend that country. Knowing your leadership is selling you out is actionable information to those deciding whether to answer the call.
But this could also be psyops/lies/propaganda. Russia put a lot of effort into influencing opinion over the last two decades.
When they're not at war would be a good time to bring that up