In the Russian political establishment, pressure is mounting on dictator Vladimir Putin, with demands for an immediate end to the war with Ukraine to avoid the social collapse toward which the Russian Federation is heading. This is stated in a report by The Telegraph, UNN reports.
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It is noted that Vyacheslav Markhaev, a deputy from the CPRF, demanded that Putin present a plan to end the war, reproaching the Kremlin's "ineffective leadership." Among the problems, he listed corruption scandals, oligarchy, the loss of the "most active and reproductively capable segment of the population," and Ukrainian drone strikes.
"The time for illusions is over. The country is on the brink of a social explosion, and the blame for this will lie entirely with the current authorities. If the situation persists, social unrest and chaos will become more likely. The West will inevitably use this to destroy the remnants of Russian statehood,"
Earlier, Ilya Remeslo, a former staunch Kremlin loyalist, suddenly turned against Putin with a sharp public condemnation, calling the Russian dictator a "war criminal and a thief" and calling for him to be brought to justice.
"Discontent with the authorities has been ominously growing over the past few months and is linked to large-scale internet outages, sluggish progress on the battlefield, and long-range Ukrainian strikes that have penetrated the heart of Russia's two largest cities,"
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It is pointed out that the state-run All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center has stopped publishing the "open" trust rating for Putin, as it fell to its lowest level since the start of the full-scale invasion. Thus, only 29.5% of Russians named him as one of the politicians they trust "before the poll was mysteriously discontinued."
Concerns about economic stability have also sparked a backlash. Growth has slowed to a minimum, inflation remains high, and Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries and terminals have bitten off a significant portion of Moscow's oil-dependent budget, resulting in crude oil processing dropping to a 16-year low. Meanwhile, high defense spending, which has reached a post-Cold War peak, has caused increasing alarm in the Russian Ministry of Finance,
The authors conclude that Putin is not deviating from his course despite growing domestic discontent. On Friday, he signed a decree to increase the official size of the Russian army by nearly 10,000 people.
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