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Why even the Kremlin's own pollster can't hide Putin's crashing approval ratings | DW News

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For years, Vladimir Putin's approval rating barely budged, remaining comfortably above 70 percent despite war, sanctions and economic pressure. Now, Russia's state pollster is recording a steady decli

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@Ar1AnX1x From YouTube ↗ 17 Jul 2026 2
I love how the Russian people didn't care about the war that much, even if their young men get slaughtered on a daily basis, but feeling the war at home? that's unacceptable, it's fine as long as it's away from home
I used to always blame governments only and not people, but ever since Israel's been waging war across the middle-east and their population supports it because the iron dome protects them, I've changed my mind, a lot of times the population are the problem, it's on them if they get brainwashed by their government
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You can't trust literally anything the Russian dictatorship says. They lie about everything.
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This pollster must stay away from windows else he or she will start *cleaning a window soon. *clinging
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"Approval" is basically worthless in a country with no free speech and no real opposition. But, I'm not interested whether those crazy Russians approve or not approve this sh*tshow. What Russia needs is boycotts, sanctions and more support for Ukraine.
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He'll only win this year's election by 60% 😭
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And numbers mean nothing! Either Europe defeats Russia, or not!
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People want Peace and a future for their children.
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It’s still better then the Western Europeans Leaders