About 80% of the populace approves of his performance, according to the independent pollster Levada Center. That support might come from the heart or it might reflect submission to a leader whose crackdown on any opposition has made even relatively mild criticism perilous.
While the fight for supremacy on the battlefield continues, it seems the fight for the hearts and minds of the Russian people may have already been won. Support for the war remains high; so too does indifference. Pollsters are trying to find out why.
The independent levada polls, it s like 45 pro and 40% contra, which is bad news for putin, which never happened. he used to enjoy like 70 or 80% of popular support. so, now the country s split. we have to work hard also to split putin s elite, to install cracks within the elite that may help, well, to stop him. because there are people inside the government, around putin, who are very unhappy with what s actually happening. they are losing billions and tens of billions. they are losing, like, ties to europe, where the assets and children and yachts and everything is. well, just a quick word on your colleague and associate, alexei navalny, before we get to those sanctions and the impact they re going to have on people around putin, and putin himself. alexei navalny is back in court in his penal colony, facing
22 that he will be able to do it again. he miscalculated. he was very wrong. and public opinion in russia is split. according to the most trustworthy polls, the independent levada polls, it s like 45 pro and 40% contra, which is bad news for putin, which never happened. he used to enjoy like 70 or 80% of popular support. so now the country s split. we have to work hard also to split putin s elite, to install cracks within the elite that may help, well, to stop him. because there are people inside the government, around putin, who are very unhappy with what s actually happening. they are losing billions and tens of billions. they are losing, like, ties to europe, where the assets and children and yachts and everything is. well, just a quick word on your colleague and associate, alexei navalny, before we get to those sanctions and the impact they re going to have on people around putin, and putin himself. alexei navalny is back in court in his penal colony, facing new charges which could
Of russian population. this unfortunately happened, and all celebrities were supporting putin and there were no protest rallies, and so on and so on and so on. and putin liked it, and maybe that was his expectation, that he will be able to do it again. he miscalculated. he was very wrong. and public opinion in russia is split. according to the most trustworthy polls, the independent levada polls, it s like 45 pro and 40% contra, which is bad news for putin, which never happened. he used to enjoy like 70 or 80% of popular support. so now the country s split. we have to work hard also to split putin s elite, to install cracks within the elite that may help, well, to stop him.