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Russians' confidence in military dips as Ukraine war drags on - poll
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The US pollsters said Russia’s failure to win the Ukraine war quickly - originally expected to last only weeks - had “slightly dented” Russians’ confidence in the country’s military.
Not one single demographic group drove this fall, with men and women, young and old, rich and poor, all expressing less confidence in Russia’s armed forces.
“If people’s confidence in the military continues to fall in 2024, this may pose an even greater challenge to the Russian leadership in maintaining public support for the conflict it has yet to win,” Gallup wrote on its website.
“During a period when confidence in many other state institutions rose significantly, the fact that the military bucks the trend is noteworthy,” Gallup wrote online.
“The failed Wagner mutiny could well have played a part in this decline, as a significant public challenge to President Vladimir Putin’s authority that put both military competence and leadership approval into the spotlight,” they wrote online.
The Russian mercenary group marched on Moscow in a shock mutiny that was later called off, following a reported deal between Putin and its leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was later killed in a plane crash.
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