I'm going to have to read the article to discuss it, but I'm not in the mood to right now. I've copied it to a text file and will quote from it if necessary; since you have the access, it won't be difficult for you to figure out what I'm talking about. How did that change things for the country as a whole?like the oil price drop which impacted the price of ruble
A six percent drop in approval rating overall.According to independent pollster Levada, [Putin's] approval rating stood at 83 per cent in August. Yet that was down 6 percentage points from its record high of 89 per cent in June and the lowest since May last year immediately after the annexation of Crimea. The Public Opinion Foundation, a polling group that serves the government, has observed a similar trend. Both pollsters see the bleak economic situation behind the dip in support.