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The consistent public interest in Russia indicates that the country's overall image and importance have remained relatively stable. President Putin's approval ratings declined from 2014 to 2018 but then showed some improvement in 2019.
It is not clear whether even Russia’s staunchest allies will recognise Putin’s move, and Russian forces only partly control the land he plans to claim.
Forty-seven percent of respondents express anxiety following President Vladimir Putin’s troop call-up announcement.
GDANSK, Poland (Reuters) - More than half of Russians felt fearful or anxious after hearing that the Kremlin was drafting hundreds of thousands of sol...
President Vladimir Putin will begin formally annexing four Ukrainian regions to Russia on Friday in a move that the United Nations warned would mark a "dangerous escalation" and which should be condemned. Moscow's planned annexation of 15% of Ukraine's territory, after what Kyiv and Western countries say were phoney referendums staged at gunpoint in Russian-held areas, confirms that Putin is doubling down on his war despite suffering a major military reversal this month.