Negative comments from Russians on social networks increased after Ukrainian troops began their offensive in the Kursk region.
Negative attitudes toward Vladimir Putin on the part of Russians have increased since Ukrainian troops entered Russian territory. The New York Times wrote this on Thursday, August 22, citing data from FilterLabs AI, which tracks sentiment in the country by analyzing social networks and other Internet posts.
So, many online posts, according to the analysis of FilterLabs AI, say that the offensive of Ukraine is a failure of the Russian authorities and, in particular, Putin.
“It is difficult to accurately measure public opinion in Russia or any other authoritarian country because people who respond to polls often give answers that they think the government wants. To address this shortcoming, monitoring of FilterLabs comments on social networking sites, Internet posts and news websites, using a computer model to analyze the sentiments expressed by ordinary Russians,” the article said.
Positive views of Putin are said to have suffered last year following a short-lived armed insurgency led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of a Russian paramilitary force. But the shift in sentiment became sharper in the days when Ukrainian troops launched an offensive in the Kursk region of western Russia.
“Putin’s response to the invasion was considered inadequate at best and insulting at worst,” said Jonathan Teubner, CEO of FilterLabs.
Attitudes toward Putin remain more positive in Moscow, where the Kremlin controls the media. In remote regions of Russia, frustration with the Kremlin is growing.
“If Putin’s prestige and popularity declines in these key regions (especially if Russians feel the war is not good), the Kremlin will have a harder time reshuffled the military ranks. of this,” says the FilterLabs review.
We remind you that the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has not made public statements about the situation in the Kursk region for more than a week, where the Ukrainian military is conducting an operation, which continues expanding the territory under its control.
Source: korrespondent
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