Putin spokesman Prof. Avatkov says NATO ‘is all about war’
A majority of people in nearly all 18 countries surveyed by the US Pew Research Center say they are not confident that the Russian president is doing the right thing in global affairs. Putin’s ratings have hit record lows in countries around the world, such as Russia continues to wage war against neighboring Ukraine.
Pew’s research also shows confidence in right-wing supporters among populist right-wing parties Putin has declined the most.
The Russian dictator has also shattered his own country’s reputation with an average of 85 percent of respondents in 18 countries – including the UK, US, Poland, Australia and Japan – expressing an unfavorable opinion of Russia.
Sixty-six percent of British respondents report a very unfavorable view of Russia, while 20 percent have a somewhat unfavorable opinion, the survey found.
The plunge into Russia’s reputation in particular was steep South Korea† Last year, 42 percent of South Koreans saw Russia as a trusted partner. Now that figure has fallen to 16 percent.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum (Image: Getty)
Debris removal work continues at Amstor shopping center targeted by rocket attack in Kremenchuk (Image: Getty)
Social media is also turning against Putin, with Twitter flagging a tweet from the Russian Foreign Ministry blaming Ukraine for the destruction of a shopping center in Kremenchuk, which killed at least 18 people and injured 60.
Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO has also proved to be a mammoth private goal for Putin, who partly used the prospect of expanding the military alliance as a justification for the war in Ukraine.
NATO on Wednesday invited Sweden and Finland to join the military alliance in one of the biggest shifts in European security in decades.
The Russian invasion forced Helsinki and Stockholm to give up their traditional neutrality, which was a strategic blow to Putin.
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A woman responds for flowers and children’s toys next to a destroyed shopping center in Kremenchuk (Image: Getty)
The mother of a Ukrainian soldier who died on the battlefield cries over her son’s coffin (Image: Getty)
And as Russia plows billions into its war with Ukraine, the G7 nations will raise £494 billion ($600 billion) in private and public funds over five years to fund infrastructure in developing countries in a bid to support China’s Belt and Road project. several trillions of dollars.
By doing so, the G7 aims to expand its sphere of influence, just as Russia is shunned by states around the world.
Putin’s waning influence and credibility in the West comes as the prospects for his favorite White House candidate Donald Trump deteriorate as president.
Matthias Koch, editor-in-chief of German media outlet RND, said: “Putin assessed Trump as unstable and simple-minded: the ideal candidate for the White House from Moscow’s point of view.
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Russia’s losses, according to Ukraine (Image: Express)
“While he was there, Trump did, consciously or not, what Putin wanted. Like no president before him, Trump divided both American society and the Western alliance, all to the delight of the Kremlin ruler.”
I explained that Mr Trump’s return to the White House would be welcomed by Putin, who would end US aid to Ukraine.
Koch said, “But for Trump, who has been considered the most likely Republican presidential candidate for a while, the outlook is currently darker.”
Trump’s Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been tipped as one of the biggest potential rivals for the presidential nomination in 2024, though neither he nor the former president has stated that he intends to run for office. .
Mr. DeSantis has emerged as a fundraising giant with an election war chest comparable in size to Mr Trump’s.
Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, during a meeting on the last day of the NATO summit in Spain (Image: Getty)
A recent poll in New Hampshire, traditionally the site of the first presidential primaries, showed that Mr. Trump and Mr. DeSantis had a statistical tie among likely Republican voters.
The University of New Hampshire poll found that 39 percent supported Mr. DeSantis, and 37 percent supported Mr. Trump.
It represents a dramatic turnaround from October, when Mr. Trump had the support of Mr. DeSantis twice.
Details emerging from the January 6, 2021 Capitol storming hearings could also hurt Trump’s prospects of getting the White House back, which could be a disappointment to both Putin and his likely favorite president.
A further blow to Putin is that Germany is ramping up its military capabilities as soon as possible and will begin NATO’s ratification process for Sweden and Finland this week.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told reporters at the NATO summit in Madrid that his country will continue to expand its contribution on land, at sea and in the air.
He said Germany will permanently maintain a regional marine command in the Baltic Sea, a tank division with 15,000 soldiers and 20 naval units.
Politically, the two parties most obvious in their criticism of Russia and their approval of arms supplies to Ukraine – the Greens and the CDU – have grown stronger in Germany.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the CDU improved from 33 percent to 35.7 percent in elections on May 15.
Support for the Greens nearly doubles from 8.4 percent to 16.2 percent.
All other parties from the SPD to the AfD members lose.
Koch said: “The fact that the Greens and the CDU/CSU now dominate so much in Germany is one of the worst news for Putin right now.
“The man who likes to manipulate hearts and minds and who has spent years cultivating a Russia-friendly political landscape is now reaching his limits in Germany.”
Additional reporting by Monika Pallenberg