Widespread discontent, fueled by a massively unpopular pension reform, has sent the approval ratings for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ruling party tumbling to historic lows -- just seven months after Mr. Putin triumphantly won a re-election campaign meant to cement his grip on power.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/24/vladimir-putin-russia-fall-aids-communists-liberal/
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When disgruntled Russian voters decided to express their anger at a five-year increase in the retirement age, they handed victory in key polls to a nationalist party whose leader routinely urges the Kremlin to carry out nuclear strikes against Moscow’s foes.Vladimir Zhirinovsky’s Liberal Democratic
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/putins-stooge-suddenly-wants-the-leading-role-hsghptspp
https://www.rbc.ru/newspaper/2018/10/16/5bc358029a794750de5cde80