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Figures from the state pollster Vtsiom revealed that Putin’s approval rating has dipped by more than 30 percent since 2015. Another poll by independent organisation Levada Centre also showed that around 53 percent of citizens in Russia wanted to President removed from office. The public also want the government, which is headed by prime minister Dmitry Medvedev to be ousted.

According to The Times, critics blame brutal inflation and decreasing incomes as reasons why Putin should go.

They also feel that the growing economic difficulties within the country as another factor in Putin’s popularity dwindling.

The stats came before Mr Putin came under increasing pressure after he was accused of trying to cover up the rising rate of inflation.

At present, official figures put the rate of inflation at 4.7 percent but in a report published by Rosstat - a state statistical agency that disputed the figure.

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