What has shifted Putin’s approval rating? Since his first presidential term started in 2000, Vladimir Putin's highest approval rating was measured at 88 percent, when he was the country's prime minister. In 2008, as a result of the war with Georgia, Russia recognized the independence of So...
While some within Russia’s elite are sceptical about the prosecution of the war, they have nothing to gain and much to lose by opposing the Kremlin – as the failed mutiny of Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary Wagner group, showed in 2023. Prigozhin’s plane crashed on Aug. ...
At the time of the amendments that allowed him two more terms, Putin’s concern about losing power may have been elevated: Levada polling showed his approval rating significantly lower, hovering around 60%. In the view of some analysts, that dip in popula...
Putin’s foreign moves appeared to produce significant dividends at home, as his popular approval rating consistently remained above 80 percent in spite of Russia’s sluggish economy andendemicgovernment corruption. Low oil prices and Western sanctionscompoundedan already grim financial outlook as foreign...
Rating8 August 2023 Jun The FSB man turned president that tried to save the Soviet Union by staging a Russian 9-11.Since staging a false flag attack on his own people, Putin has been in a race with the US and CIA utilising the same tactics as them; neo-colonialism of Africa, bombing...