According to two local leaders who are speaking out against President Vladimir Putin, Russia's military setbacks in its conflict with Ukraine are igniting fresh resistance to him.
The failure to achieve an immediate triumph, the failure to capture Kyiv, and now the effective counteroffensives by Ukraine while Russia has suffered such heavy losses in personnel and material have sparked resentment and discontent that Putin's adversaries are attempting to capitalize on.
Local Russian Lawmakers Urge Putin To Resign
Liberals like him opposed the invasion of Ukraine for ethical and legal reasons, but local lawmaker Dmitry Palyuga in St. Petersburg told CNN that he now saw a chance to win over more people. Opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who has been one of his fiercest critics, was first poisoned and then imprisoned.
Boris Nemtsov, a different political rival, was shot in the back by as-yet-unidentified hitmen. Vladimir Kara-Murza, a writer and politician, is incarcerated after speaking out against the invasion of Ukraine. He is a victim of the Kremlin's growing control over free speech following the start of what it terms a "special military operation" rather than a war.
Palyuga claimed that Putin's most recent detractors are taking great care to adhere to the text of the law. Ksenia Thorstrom, a local councilor or municipal representative in St. Petersburg, agreed with that strategy.
Thorstrom distributed her own version of Palyuga's petition to other legislators, and she now claims to have dozens of signatures. She claimed that the military issues in Ukraine were not the only ones affecting Russia.
Putin's Allies Drink Excessively Amid Tension in Ukraine War
Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin is reportedly concerned that numerous of his advisers and important political allies have started drinking excessively since his invasion of Ukraine.
Russian independent media source Meduza stated that Putin is particularly bothered by heavy drinking among "some persons from his inner circle," as Kremlin elites go for the bottle in vain attempts to soothe their worries.
It is said that senior officials are abusing alcohol to such an extent that discipline has collapsed, with some slurring their remarks in public and arriving late to significant events.
Per Daily Mail, rather than terminating the violators right away, the warmonger will continue to "suggest" that he wants their behavior to improve. He nevertheless made his unhappiness about the drinking known by lecturing two gullible regional governors on the necessity of combating alcoholism in their areas.
Although neither governor thought that drunkenness was rife in their own regions, it was Putin's way of making the problem known to his staff. Putin gave a video link lecture to Alexander Avdeyev, the governor of the Vladimir region, advising him to take action about the territory's "increasing problem with alcoholism."
Instead, men should be the focus of "healthy lifestyle marketing. Develop infrastructure for people to exercise and give cultural organizations the attention they deserve," the bewildered regional administrator was told.
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