{"id":81809,"date":"2026-03-29T09:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=81809"},"modified":"2026-03-29T09:49:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T13:49:50","slug":"putin-losing-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/putin-losing-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Losing Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the London Express\u00a0<\/em>[caution tabloid]:<time datetime=\"2026-03-29T13:38:18Z\"><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear clearfix\">\n<div id=\"singleArticle\" class=\"single-article article-body regular\" role=\"main\" data-story=\"2188000\">\n<article id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"ctx_content p402_premium\" data-type=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"clearfix hR new-style\">\n<div class=\"photo changeSpace\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><picture><source 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srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-chairs-a-meeting-with-the-government-at-the-kremlin-in-moscow-6831089.avif?r=1774791498684\" type=\"image\/avif\" media=\"screen\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-chairs-a-meeting-with-the-government-at-the-kremlin-in-moscow-6831089.webp?r=1774791498684\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"screen\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zoomEnabled\" title=\"RUSSIA-PUTIN-GOVERNMENT\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/secondary\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-chairs-a-meeting-with-the-government-at-the-kremlin-in-moscow-6831089.jpg?r=1774791498684\" alt=\"RUSSIA-PUTIN-GOVERNMENT\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" data-img=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/1200x712\/secondary\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-chairs-a-meeting-with-the-government-at-the-kremlin-in-moscow-6831089.jpg?r=1774791498684\" \/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text-description\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Link Content Paragraph\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Vladimir Putin \" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-mrf-layout=\"\" data-mrf-layout-anchor=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/vladimir-putin\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u00a0is facing mutiny from his biggest war\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Ukraine\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-mrf-layout=\"\" data-mrf-layout-anchor=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a>\u00a0backers amid fears of an impending coup. An\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2170364\/putin-kill-switch-coup-fears-kremlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-mrf-layout=\"\" data-mrf-layout-anchor=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2170364\/putin-kill-switch-coup-fears-kremlin\">unprecedented wave of defeatism over the war<\/a> has gripped the \u201ctoxic\u201d Kremlin dictator\u2019s most ardent supporters.\u00a0This follows a wave of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2187680\/russia-economy-meltdown-putin-refinery-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-mrf-layout=\"\" data-mrf-layout-anchor=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/2187680\/russia-economy-meltdown-putin-refinery-fire\">crippling Ukrainian drone and missile strikes<\/a>\u00a0which have paralysed Putin\u2019s oil exports and savaged his key military factories.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Russia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-mrf-layout=\"\" data-mrf-layout-anchor=\"\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/russia\">Russian<\/a> g<\/span>ains on the frontline have ground to a virtual halt, with some reversals, amid catastrophic losses of 8,000 or more soldiers a week. \u201cWe&#8217;ve been kicked&#8230; again,\u201d raged state TV propagandist and war pundit Aleksandr Sladkov, after five days of strikes Russian\u2019s leading oil exporting hub unimpeded by Russian air defenses. The port in Ust-Luga on the Gulf of Finland is burning again.\u201d He appeared to mock a visibly aging Putin, 73, likening him to dimwitted Baldrick in British comedy series Blackadder, as the tight curbs on criticizing the Kremlin warmonger were abandoned. \u201cMuch is being said behind the scenes about our possibly cunning plan,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1774777717\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Putin Losing Support\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the London Express\u00a0[caution tabloid]: Vladimir Putin\u00a0is facing mutiny from his biggest war\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0backers amid fears of an impending coup. An\u00a0unprecedented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-81809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}