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| Putin's sinking approval ratings are a warning Russians are frustrated with Ukraine war: experts |
| 2026-09-04 |
| [NY Post] Not even the Kremlin can protect him. Russian President Vladimir Putin has seen his approval ratings plummet — despite controlling the polls — in what experts said was a sign of the growing frustration over the prolonged war in Ukraine. Putin, who enjoyed approval numbers as high as 89% before invading his neighbor, has seen his popularity free-fall to about 65% in the latest state-run Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) survey. Which means they're probably actually a lot lower The Public Opinion Foundation, which conducts surveys for the Kremlin, also found that support for Putin’s performance fell from 71% to 66% in July, the steepest fall since the 2022 protests spurred by the Russian draft.The fact that the Kremlin’s own surveys are reporting such numbers suggest that officials are sending a clear message to Putin: Plan your next moves carefully and end the war soon, Kateryna Stepanenko, the Russia Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War think tank, told The Post. “We’ve seen support for Putin waning, albeit marginally, but it shows that his critical decisions in the war are forcing pollsters to show the active decline,” Stepanenko said. |
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