after the mobilization, Vladimir Putin increasingly isolated

Vladimir Putin seems increasingly isolated, even in his own country. On Saturday, September 24, new demonstrations took place in Russia against the mobilization of reservists – demonstrations that were banned and immediately repressed. Officially, 300,000 reservists are called up. This mobilization is tearing the Russian people apart, as shown by an amateur video showing men forced to board a bus to go to Ukraine.

At the Georgian border, many are leaving the country. “I don’t like what our authorities are doing in Ukraine. I feel sorry for my Ukrainian brothers“, says one of them. Another difficulty for Vladimir Putin: the setbacks of his army in Ukraine and the incompetence of some of his generals. elsewhere to be sacked and replaced by a general known for his role in the siege of Mariupol, and target of Western sanctions.Another external setback for the Kremlin, China seemed to take a step back vis-à-vis vis Russian actions in Ukraine.