Putin's approval rating soars since he sent troops into Ukraine- state pollster

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Fri, April 8, 2022, 8:42 PM·2 min read


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By Peter Hobson
LONDON (Reuters) - The proportion of Russians who trust President Vladimir Putin has risen to 81.6% from 67.2% before he ordered troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to a survey by the state-run pollster VTsIOM published on Friday.
The conflict has displaced more than 10 million Ukrainians from their homes, killed or injured thousands, turned cities into rubble and led to sweeping Western sanctions that will push down Russian living standards.
VTsIOM said 78.9% of respondents in its latest survey said they approved of Putin's actions, compared to 64.3% in the last poll before the start of what Russia calls its "special military operation". The proportion who disapproved of his actions fell to 12.9% from 24.4%.

Ukraine and Western leaders have condemned Russia's military campaign as unprovoked aggression. The Kremlin says it had to demilitarise and "denazify" Ukraine to protect Russian-speakers and pre-empt a threat from the Western NATO alliance.
VTsIOM's numbers were similar to those in a survey published on March 30 by the independent Levada Center, in which the proportion of Russians saying they approved of Putin's actions rose to 83% from 71% in February.
Levada recorded a comparable surge in Putin's approval rating in 2014, when Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine and annexed it and Russian-speaking separatists took control of part of the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine with Moscow's support.
Ordinary Russians have little access to independent reporting on their country as almost all significant media outlets that diverge from government policy have been closed down in the last few years.
Since Feb. 24, Moscow has further restricted access to foreign media and social media, and made it a criminal offence to publish reports about the armed forces that deviate from official statements.
VTsIOM said it surveys 1,600 people across Russia each day and its weekly polls are an average of responses from the previous seven days.
The poll published on Friday was gathered between March 28 and April 4, it said.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey/Mark Heinrich)

Putin's approval rating soars since he sent troops into Ukraine- state pollster

The proportion of Russians who trust President Vladimir Putin has risen to 81.6% from 67.2% before he ordered troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to a survey by the state-run pollster VTsIOM published on Friday. VTsIOM said 78.9% of respondents in its latest survey said they approved of...

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Sounds like Putin's polster got his training from Baghdad Bob (Iraqi information minister in 2003 who would put a positive spin on everything). At this rate if Putin invades Finland and has the same success as he did here with his Conscript army, he can close the gap and have 100% popularity.

Baghdad Bob on the Invasion

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf made so many statements as information minister. Here is a sampling of some of his more outlandish quotes:

• "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"
• "My feelings, as usual, we will slaughter them all."
• "Our initial assessment is that they will all die."
• "No I am not scared and neither should you be!"
• "We will welcome them with bullets and shoes."
• "They're not even [within] 100 miles [of Baghdad]. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion ... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion."
• "Faltering forces of infidels cannot just enter a country of 26 million people and lay besiege to them! They are the ones who will find themselves under siege. Therefore, in reality, whatever this miserable Rumsfeld has been saying, he was talking about his own forces. Now even the American command is under siege."
• "Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire."
• "They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this."
• "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis."
• "They tried to bring a small number of tanks and personnel carriers in through al-Durah but they were surrounded and most of their infidels had their throats cut."
• "I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly."

On Iraq's Military Strength

• 'We have destroyed 2 tanks, fighter planes, 2 helicopters and their shovels. We have driven them back."
• "We have them surrounded in their tanks."
• "We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly."
• "On this occasion, I am not going to mention the number of the infidels who were killed and the number of destroyed vehicles. The operation continues."
• "We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted."
• "Today we slaughtered them in the airport. They are out of Saddam International Airport. The force that was in the airport, this force was destroyed."
• "Their forces committed suicide by the hundreds. ... The battle is very fierce and God made us victorious. The fighting continues."
• "Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them."
• "We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp."
• "We have retaken the airport. There are no Americans there. I will take you there and show you. In one hour."
• "We defeated them yesterday. God willing, I will provide you with more information. I swear by God, I swear by God, those who are staying in Washington and London have thrown these mercenaries in a crematorium."
• "It has been rumored that we have fired Scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait."
• "This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra....Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south, and west. We chase them here and they chase us there."
• "By God, I think this is rather very unlikely. This is merely a prattle. The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them....Wherever they go they will find themselves encircled."
• "Listen, this explosion does not frighten us any longer. The cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target."

On the Western Media

• "Just look carefully, I only want you to look carefully. Do not repeat the lies of liars. Do not become like them. Once again, I blame Al-Jazeera before it ascertains what takes place. Please, make sure of what you say and do not play such a role."
• "I blame Al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!"
• "Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport."
• "You can go and visit those places. Nothing there, nothing at all. There are Iraqi checkpoints. Everything is okay."

 

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Russians are fully aware of the ongoing genocide by UKR forces and AzOV neo-nazi batallion in the Eastern part of Ukraine since 2014.

These were not reported in the West as they are real. The West News Media will focus on PAID for articles as dictated by the agencies of West Powers.

 

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Ordinary Russians have little access to independent reporting on their country as almost all significant media outlets that diverge from government policy have been closed down in the last few years.

As if ordinary Europeans have access to Russian news outlets. The extraordinary censorship in the West (except US and NZ) about this war is amusing.

 

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Sounds like Putin's polster got his training from Baghdad Bob (Iraqi information minister in 2003 who would put a positive spin on everything). At this rate if Putin invades Finland and has the same success as he did here with his Conscript army, he can close the gap and have 100% popularity.

Baghdad Bob on the Invasion

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf made so many statements as information minister. Here is a sampling of some of his more outlandish quotes:

• "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!"
• "My feelings, as usual, we will slaughter them all."
• "Our initial assessment is that they will all die."
• "No I am not scared and neither should you be!"
• "We will welcome them with bullets and shoes."
• "They're not even [within] 100 miles [of Baghdad]. They are not in any place. They hold no place in Iraq. This is an illusion ... they are trying to sell to the others an illusion."
• "Faltering forces of infidels cannot just enter a country of 26 million people and lay besiege to them! They are the ones who will find themselves under siege. Therefore, in reality, whatever this miserable Rumsfeld has been saying, he was talking about his own forces. Now even the American command is under siege."
• "Washington has thrown their soldiers on the fire."
• "They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this."
• "God will roast their stomachs in hell at the hands of Iraqis."
• "They tried to bring a small number of tanks and personnel carriers in through al-Durah but they were surrounded and most of their infidels had their throats cut."
• "I can say, and I am responsible for what I am saying, that they have started to commit suicide under the walls of Baghdad. We will encourage them to commit more suicides quickly."

On Iraq's Military Strength

• 'We have destroyed 2 tanks, fighter planes, 2 helicopters and their shovels. We have driven them back."
• "We have them surrounded in their tanks."
• "We made them drink poison last night and Saddam Hussein's soldiers and his great forces gave the Americans a lesson which will not be forgotten by history. Truly."
• "On this occasion, I am not going to mention the number of the infidels who were killed and the number of destroyed vehicles. The operation continues."
• "We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted."
• "Today we slaughtered them in the airport. They are out of Saddam International Airport. The force that was in the airport, this force was destroyed."
• "Their forces committed suicide by the hundreds. ... The battle is very fierce and God made us victorious. The fighting continues."
• "Yesterday, we slaughtered them and we will continue to slaughter them."
• "We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp."
• "We have retaken the airport. There are no Americans there. I will take you there and show you. In one hour."
• "We defeated them yesterday. God willing, I will provide you with more information. I swear by God, I swear by God, those who are staying in Washington and London have thrown these mercenaries in a crematorium."
• "It has been rumored that we have fired Scud missiles into Kuwait. I am here now to tell you, we do not have any scud missiles and I don't know why they were fired into Kuwait."
• "This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra....Now even the American command is under siege. We are hitting it from the north, east, south, and west. We chase them here and they chase us there."
• "By God, I think this is rather very unlikely. This is merely a prattle. The fact is that as soon as they reach Baghdad gates, we will besiege them and slaughter them....Wherever they go they will find themselves encircled."
• "Listen, this explosion does not frighten us any longer. The cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target."

On the Western Media

• "Just look carefully, I only want you to look carefully. Do not repeat the lies of liars. Do not become like them. Once again, I blame Al-Jazeera before it ascertains what takes place. Please, make sure of what you say and do not play such a role."
• "I blame Al-Jazeera - they are marketing for the Americans!"
• "Search for the truth. I tell you things and I always ask you to verify what I say. I told you yesterday that there was an attack and a retreat at Saddam's airport."
• "You can go and visit those places. Nothing there, nothing at all. There are Iraqi checkpoints. Everything is okay."

Didn't Rumsfeld say there were no insurgents in Iraq ?

Rumsfeld: Don’t call Iraqi enemy ‘insurgents’

More than 2½ years into the Iraq war, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has decided the term “insurgents” does not accurately describe the enemy.

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Didn't Rumsfeld say there were no insurgents in Iraq ?

Rumsfeld: Don’t call Iraqi enemy ‘insurgents’

More than 2½ years into the Iraq war, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has decided the term “insurgents” does not accurately describe the enemy.

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For being an inherently intelligent guy he said a lot of dumb things, including publicly 'you go to war with the army you have, not the army you want' when the IEDs started to be used extensively.

But for all that , while the tactical aim of walking into Iraq under the guise of democracy and being welcomed and being able to install a compliant democracy didn't happen in 2003, they did accomplish their more strategic objective that favored the Israelis: neutralize Iraq and leave it focused on internal strife so doesn't pose a threat to Isreal. Next Isreal had to deal with was Syria (which we know where that ended). Israel was then just left with having to confront Iran and proxies.