New York Post
“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.
‘It may also signal that individuals inside the Kremlin are trying to use pollsters to send a message to Putin about the war,’ she added. ‘Someone is going out of there to show that interest in the war is waning.’
Stepanenko pointed out that unlike North Korea, where dictator Kim Jong Un holds a 99% approval rating in state-run surveys, Russian polls are one of the few peepholes that reveal the populous’ feelings for the Kremlin.”
