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Finland (5%), Bulgaria (2%), Czech Republic (2%) made the list for the first time. Just 1% of those polled named Georgia as an unfriendly country, while 12% of respondents did so in 2019.
Lots of pictures & videos of not-quite-young men being drafted in the "partial mobilisation". Why? Well, cohort of 20-29-year-olds is VERY small. "Normally" they would be the backbone of any military. But not in 2022 in Russia.
Putin’s approval rating hovering above 80%, leading pollster says. In addition, 50.7% of those polled approved of the Russian government’s work
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s approval rating has inched back slightly by 0.8 percentage points to 80.3% over the past week, according to a survey, published by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM) on Friday.
"Asked if they trust Putin, 80.3% of the respondents answered in the affirmative (down 0.8 percentage points over the past week). Thus, 76.8% approved of the president’s activities (down 1.3 p.p. over the past week)," the pollster said.
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