- Russia troops in past fews day have been force to retreat as result of Ukraine’s successful counter-offensive.
- Calls came this weekend from officials in Moscow, one day after municipal deputies in Putin’s hometown St. Petersburg called for Putin to be tried for treason.
- Critics say Putin’s ideas are “hopelessly outdated.”
- Open letter to Putin from municipal deputies in the Russian capital’s Lomonosovsky district started with saying he had “good reforms” in first term and part of his second, then “everything went wrong.”