Russian President Vladimir Putin is infamous for his unnerving popularity that lasted for much of the 2000s, and boasted strong integrity despite suspected political regressions and oppression especially in regards to humanitarian issues.
However, there has been new projections of some indexes that might indicate that the president might finally have met his match – the COVID-19 pandemic. New infection cases are soaring in Russia for the second consecutive day with 10,000 people being infected for consecutive day. On Sunday it was 10,633 and Monday proved with 10, 581 cases. Russia is officially the most infected country in all of Europe, with the fatality counting at 1,356.
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For a good measure, Putin’s approval ratings are for the most part stable, but what Western media is focusing on ‘trust ratings’, made by the Levada Centre, an independent polling group.point 286 |
This is the index that takes account the future trustworthiness of an administration, rather than the current status quo.point 105 | 46 % have answered that they wanted him in power for the next few years, most wanting him out in 2024, the expiration of his already (constitutionally revised) extended tenure.point 252 | 1
Yevgeny Frolov, a Russian football player, seemed to describe the resentments pooling inside the Russian people, daring to crticise banks and police members for chasing up the wrong paths of decision making.point 291 |
.point 1 | Frolov even brought up the weekend Putin speech, which caused anger and exasperation amongst many, and has said: ‘What the president says on television is all nonsense.point 149 | There are no real actions.point 171 | When talking to real businessmen, one can learn that banks will never issue soft loans and will not give a [loan] delay.point 270 |
We are forced to stay at home, and there is no help from the state,’ he said.point 67 | ‘We are being fined [for going out].point 103 | People have no money, and the average fine is 5,000 [rubles].point 154 | People are going a second month in a row without a salary.point 201 |
This is not the case in Europe.point 25 | And we see how our police work: They just twist people’s hands or hit them in face and take them away.point 113 | ’point 120 | 1
Moscow is currently the breeding ground for the virus infection, hence the city is in complete lockdown while resources are concentrated for better medical facilitation.point 370 |
But there are also criticisms coming from the fact that the underdeveloped parts of Russia has been left out from these lines of support, and currently left to fend for themselves.point 150 | Several local doctors are making pleas for more federal/central medical support, but help is yet to come.point 239 | 1
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