Panicked Putin Takes Desperate Step to Fix His Popularity Crisis

Gavriil Grigorov / via REUTERS Vladimir Putin is on a charm offensive. The Russian president has cast off the shackles of his wartime isolation in a desperate bid to put himself in front of his citizens across the sprawling Russian continent—even venturing as far as Siberia. It comes as polls suggest that Putin’s popularity is starting to slide, as the war in Ukraine drags on, losses mount, and Kyiv’s drone armada wreaks havoc for everyday Russians around the country. Read more at The Daily…