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Putin's popularity collapses in coronavirus-ravaged Russia as country has biggest daily rise in Europe

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SearchVLADIMIR Putin's popularity is crumbling as he is being openly slammed over his "empty words" while his country suffers the biggest infection rises in Europe.As many parts of the continent begin to lift lockdown restrictions, coronavirus-ravaged Russia is now the European country registering theThings are so bad military companies which normally make parachutes and rocket launchers are now knocking out medical gowns and masks instead.Now the economic fallout from the crisis is beginning to take its toll on the man in charge as Russians grow increasingly frustrated by what they see as lack of action to combat the outbreak.“What the president says on television is empty words… We’re asked to stay at home but there’s no help from the government," said footballer Yevgeny Frolov in comments which landed him in hot water .Putin decided to distance himself from the early days of the outbreak unwilling to be associated with bad news, .However, the effects of the pandemic now appear to beAnalysts and Putin’s political enemies have already questioned if his reign will survive the global crisis.Former chess champion Garry Kasparov has said Putin "doesn’t care about any loss of life,And a poll carried out by independent pollster Levada Centre last month showed&nbsp; less than half of citizens want to see him still in power when his current term expires in 2024.Putin's crucial "trust" ratings have also been decline over the last 12 months.And in September his United Russia party in Moscow in a local election bloodbath.On Sunday, Russia recorded 10,633 new coronavirus infections in the previous 24 hours - the highest daily rise since the outbreak began in the country.However, international observers fear the real figure could be much higher as the Kremlin is notorious for covering up information it deems embarrassing.And Moscow’s mayor Sergei Sobyanin has claimed that a survey using improved testing methods suggested the real infection numbers were up to FOUR TIMES higher.The survey suggested at least two per cent of the capital’s citizens are now infected with coronavirus.This is equal to more than 250,000 people and four times the number of officially confirmed cases in the city.“It is obvious that the threat is still growing,” Mr Sobyanin said on his personal website.The Kremlin has now diverted its vast military capability into overcoming hospital shortages in tackling the killer virus.Ambulance crews have been banned from taking days off or holidays amid fears that non-coronavirus patients are dying because hospitals cannot cope.Russians have been told to reduce “absolutely unacceptable” alcohol consumption over a traditional holiday time in early May.A total of 120,000 coronavirus beds are being readied across the country’s 11 time zones with medical students and their teachers "mobilised” for duty at Covid-19 hospitals.Pictures show how emergency tented wards have been added to hospitals in Moscow to cope with the pandemic amid fears the city’s capacity can be overrun.Details have also emerged of how Russia is diverting its military factories to urgently produce equipment desperately needed in hospitals.The Sorbent gas mask factory in Perm has been tasked with producing medical respirators.The NPO Splav plant in Tula - which normally produces Grad and Smerch multiple rocket launchers - is now prioritising facemarks for Covid-19 hospitals.Loung ventilators are being manufactured by the sprawling KRET concern, maker of electronic warfare equipment, reported Zvezda TV, controlled by the Russian defence ministry.Polyot factory in Ivanovo - famous for military parachutes - has been ordered to make medical suits amid frequent reports of shortages in Russian hospitals.NPP Radiosvyaz communications equipment factory in Siberia is now diverted to making air filters.A military equipment plant - Zverev in Krasnogorsk - has developed and started producing medical heat sensors instead of thermal and night vision optics for the Mi-28 helicopter and the Kornet anti-tank guided missile.More than 3,000 Russian troops and cadets have been infected with coronavirus, said the Defence Ministry.TopicsYOU MIGHT LIKERECOMMENDED FOR YOUMORE FOR YOU

SearchVLADIMIR Putin's popularity is crumbling as he is being openly slammed over his "empty words" while his country suffers the biggest infection rises in Europe.As many parts of the continent begin to lift lockdown restrictions, coronavirus-ravaged Russia is now the European country registering theThings are so bad military companies which normally make parachutes and rocket launchers are now knocking out medical gowns and masks instead.Now the economic fallout from the crisis is beginning to take its toll on the man in charge as Russians grow increasingly frustrated by what they see as...

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