Putin’s Ratings Drop on Ukraine Draft

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
call-up of reservists to shore up his thinning ranks in Ukraine, according to poll results published Wednesday.According to the independent
drop from the previous share of 83%, which remained almost unchanged in the six months since Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of
reservists
Hundreds were arrested in the first days of anti-draft demonstrations.Another 200,000 were estimated to have fled Russia in the week since
smaller drops in the approval of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, his cabinet and the Russian parliament.Six out of 10 Russians
said their country is going in the right direction, down from two-thirds in August
Another 27% said it was going in the wrong direction, up 3% from the previous month.Levada, which Russian authorities have declared a
22 to 28.