{"id":180627,"date":"2023-08-27T03:39:21","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T03:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=180627"},"modified":"2023-08-27T03:39:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T03:39:21","slug":"if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/","title":{"rendered":"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Save articles for later<\/h3>\n

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.<\/p>\n

Despite an attempted coup, the stuttering invasion of Ukraine and heavy resulting losses, Putin and his regime are still secure in the Kremlin. This is testimony to his enduringly strong grip on Russia \u2013 autocracies, after all, function differently.<\/p>\n

But it is also thanks to the support, or at least inertia, of the majority of Russian people.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Vladimir Putin is doubling down on Putinism at home.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>Reuters<\/cite><\/p>\n

Putin\u2019s 24 years in power have been defined by a social contract struck with the Russian people: his citizens would be granted stability and security in exchange for keeping out of politics. This unspoken agreement was predicated on the fact that, for many, the hardships of the Soviet Union and the turbulence of the 1990s are still very much in living memory. Few Russians wanted a return to that.<\/p>\n

The invasion of Ukraine presented a great test of this social contract for the Kremlin: with young Russian men being sent to die at the front, and people forced to make a great many sacrifices at home, would it hold?<\/p>\n

Remarkably, the answer so far has, on the whole, been yes.<\/p>\n

This is in large part due to the social and cultural isolationism Putin began to cultivate long before last year\u2019s invasion. It was encapsulated quite neatly in the retaliatory food import ban he introduced in 2014 on produce from countries including the EU and the US, in response to sanctions they brought in against Russia following the invasion of Crimea. The message to Russians was: \u201cWe can get by just fine without them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has been running an aggressive propaganda campaign to justify its actions to its citizens.<\/p>\n

Now, Russia is sinking deeper into the quagmire of Putinism, and there are few signs that the population is resisting the path the president is leading them down.<\/p>\n

Polling by the Russian independent pollster Levada Centre revealed that, in July, approval of Putin amongst Russians stood at 82 per cent. Three-quarters of those surveyed said they supported the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

It is no coincidence that the highest level of support for the Russian army came from those who trust television (platform to the most rabid pro-Kremlin rhetoric) as their biggest news source (86 per cent).<\/p>\n

The Kremlin wants compliance not only from its adult citizens. In two weeks, Russian children will start the new school year with a revamped curriculum designed to give them a \u201cpatriotic\u201d education. They will be issued with new textbooks teaching them about the \u201cspecial military operation\u201d and be taught how to handle Kalashnikovs, grenades and drones.<\/p>\n

Anecdotal reports suggest there are plenty of teachers more than happy to facilitate this dissemination of the Kremlin\u2019s world view, indoctrinating a new generation of cannon fodder in an isolationist, jingoistic mindset. Undoubtedly, this brainwashing will make it all the more difficult to \u201cde-Putinise\u201d Russians once the president and his regime are gone from power \u2013 whenever that may be.<\/p>\n

Many have been concerned about more radical military officials taking over, but less has been said about the potential of a more radical generation beneath. For the West, it could take decades to win over the hearts and minds of this generation and avoid more devastating conflict.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that there is no hope. Persistent drone attacks on Moscow since May have succeeded in partially chipping away at morale: Russians have started to question more directly the image of Putin as their great protector \u2013 even if the Kremlin has tried to spin the narrative, hammering the line that Ukraine, and not Russia, is the aggressor.<\/p>\n

Next March, Russia is due to hold presidential elections. With vote-fixing guaranteed to take place, it is hardly controversial to predict that Putin will win. In unguarded comments recently, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted as much.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t yet know who the Russian leadership will conjure up to play the part of Putin\u2019s opponents. But the president knows that his survival depends on winning a war that can only go on for as long as the people support it.<\/p>\n

Putin is likely to play on the fears he has stoked to win those votes genuinely cast in his favour: \u201cVote for me or we, Russia, face obliteration.\u201d<\/p>\n

How long people will continue to swallow his lie remains to be seen; the world will be watching when the man who considers himself a tsar inevitably declares himself president for a fifth term.<\/p>\n

Telegraph, London<\/strong><\/p>\n

Get a note directly from our foreign <\/i><\/b>correspondents <\/i><\/b>on what\u2019s making headlines around the world. <\/i><\/b>Sign up for the weekly What in the World newsletter here<\/i><\/b>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Most Viewed in World<\/h2>\n

From our partners<\/h3>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Save articles for later Add articles to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180626,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nIf Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him? - Pre Coin News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him? - Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Save articles for later Add articles to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pre Coin News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-27T03:39:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/If-Putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-Russians-support-him.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/\",\"name\":\"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him? - Pre Coin News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-27T03:39:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-27T03:39:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/world-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/\",\"name\":\"Pre Coin News\",\"description\":\"precoinnews.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him? - Pre Coin News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him? - Pre Coin News","og_description":"Save articles for later Add articles to","og_url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/","og_site_name":"Pre Coin News","article_published_time":"2023-08-27T03:39:21+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/If-Putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-Russians-support-him.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/","name":"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him? - Pre Coin News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-08-27T03:39:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-27T03:39:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/if-putin-is-about-to-fall-why-do-82-per-cent-of-russians-support-him\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World News","item":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/category\/world-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"If Putin is about to fall, why do 82 per cent of Russians support him?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/","name":"Pre Coin News","description":"precoinnews.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/ad0e9920e03d3b41c7ad02a18375d76a","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f5f13cb3b94fc348d515c0951f6ca073?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}