I was talking about his party's popularity, which had plummeted to the level that party members obscure their membership in it in their official materials or go

I was talking about his party's popularity, which had plummeted to the level that party members obscure their membership in it in their official materials or go as 'independent' candidates. Putin personally seems to enjoy a slightly higher rating, currenlty at about 50%, but distributed very unevenly. His popularity among educated urban youth is at about 10-20% - and you have to take into account vast 'electoral sultanates' in the form of national republics like Chechnya, Dagestan or Tatarstan who all give him almost 100% of support thanks to tight control over both voting and polling. Anyway, by all accounts, this war and inevitable harsh sanctions is going to cost him support instead of boosting it.