Ukraine war: new figures show only one in four Russians support it, but that won't be enough to oust Putin

By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex

Leaked internal Russian government polling recently revealed that only one in four Russians are in favour of the war in Ukraine. The polling, conducted for the Kremlin’s Federal Guard Service (FSO) and initially published by the exiled dissident news website Meduza, also found that more than half the Russian people hope their government will enter peace talks.

The forced mobilisation of over 300,000 civilians and the high…

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