PARIS: President Vladimir Putin is for now holding on to the public loyalty of Russia’s political elite, despite the international outcry over the invasion of Ukraine and unprecedented sanctions.
Russian artists and heavyweight media figures have spoken out against the war and even billionaire oligarchs have offered veiled criticism.
But after almost a month of fighting, there has been no apparent outbreak of dissent from within Putin’s inner circle or among political heavyweights inside the country.
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