Secondo quanto riferito, il Cremlino allenterà le restrizioni su Internet mentre gli indici di approvazione di Putin diminuiscono
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2026/04/14/kremlin-reportedly-eases-internet-restrictions-as-putin-s-approval-ratings-slide-en-news
di duckanroll
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It would be funny if Russians finally woke up.
So he is worried about approval after all
Says a lot that this is where the line is drawn. Invading other countries etc is fine, but take away my internet and may God have mercy on your soul.
So their giant export of Russian propaganda trolls will be back on Reddit to tell us how shit the EU is on every post
“the state-run Russian Public Opinion Research Center reported that Putin’s approval rating had fallen to 67.8 percent”
How serious should we take these numbers considering it’s a state run polling center?
And, does he really need to worry about his approval rating? Doesn’t seem like people are lining up to form an opposition oddly enough.
Feels like classic “let some steam out of the kettle” stuff rather than real liberalisation. One small thing people outside Russia can do is mirror/backup independent Russian media while it’s reachable.
Didn’t it have 130% approval?
Do Russians have approval rating?
And this is the key to the downfall of Putinism. Not grand ideas, democracy, peace in Ukraine, etc.
The moment average Moscow or Petersburg Russian is inconvenienced enough the regime will crumble.
Writing from Moscow. Not sure what restrictions can be lifted. There is list of resources banned by court order, everything else working fine.
Youtube, Instagram, Facebook, Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp – big ones banned by courts for refusing to follow Russian laws.
His approval dropped from 109% to 98%. When it drops below 100 they react.
Slid from 140% to 135%
Let’s not forget why the Internet was restricted in the first place – he’s paranoid as fuck that the surveillance cameras across Moscow could be used to signal his location in real time.
Approval ratings or not he’s still a butcher
It seems to me that Kremlin political technologists make good use of the spring method: first they compress things tightly, then they release them, but they never return them to their original size. In the end, freedoms are squeezed, but gradually, and few people even notice.
Right now the main struggle is over Telegram, and this social network is quite loyal to the Kremlin (Durov’s brother, who is the technical director, lives in Russia). Russians have already forgotten that they lost access to YouTube, Instagram, WhatsApp, and many other services and freedoms.
So if Telegram is unblocked, does that mean the internet restriction problem goes away?
Just like the country’s terrible economic indicators, endless corruption, not to mention the Russian‑ Ukrainian war, have faded into the background amid the focus on the internet?
Of course, the Kremlin is closely watching Putin’s approval rating (even though it’s not as high as officially reported), because that is the foundation of Russia’s entire political system.
There are no independent legal parties in Russia. But even if, hypothetically, the constitutional majority of Putin’s pocket party were to disappear, some political competition would emerge inside the countr- mostly over how to steal more money- and that would require Putin to expend effort on pushing his initiatives, something he can’t afford right now.
I don’t believe Putin has much longer to rule Russia, but he and his inner circle are doing everything they can to cement their absolute power and safely choose a puppet who will broadcast their wishes.