Putin Is Losing the Global South, Poll Suggests

MSN ---Newsweek ^ | 7-11 | sabel van Brugen

[dennisw]

Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the Global South, a new Pew Research Center poll showed.

The poll—which was published on July 2 ahead of the NATO military alliance's summit in Washington, D.C., on July 9 to 11—surveyed global public confidence in the Russian leader, asking respondents if they had confidence in Putin "to do the right thing regarding world affairs."

The poll was conducted between January 5 and May 21 and includes respondents in 35 countries across the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America and sub-Saharan Africa.

Newsweek has contacted Russia's Foreign Ministry for comment by email.

Overall, views of Putin have remained largely negative across the 35 countries polled—73 percent of respondents lacked confidence in the Russian leader "to do the right thing regarding world affairs," Pew reported.

Confidence in the Russian leader fell in a number of countries in the Global South, including in India, the Philippines, Turkey, Ghana, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.

The survey found that the percentage of Indians who had confidence in Putin "to do the right thing regarding world affairs" was 39 percent in 2024, down 3 percentage points from 2019, when a poll was last conducted in the country.

In Brazil, 10 percent of respondents had confidence in Putin in 2024, a decrease of 2 percentage points from last year. In Mexico, 24 percent had a favorable view of Putin, which was down 1 percent from 2023. In Chile, 12 percent had confidence in Putin, an 8 percent drop from 2017—which Pew said was "a new low."

[Thorium90]

Have you ever asked why others see things differently than you do?

Apparently you know something others don’t, or vice versa.

Maybe start a dialogue and examine where the differences lie so as to come to an understanding. It will have an educative effect and we will all benefit.

After all we are after the truth, are we not?

[EC Washington]

What will the paid Ukrainian Cheerleaders do for work after November 6th?

[Robert DeLong]

Learn to know the authors of articles. This was written by Isabel van Brugen whose articles stories are proven false within a very short period of time, because they are crafted stories made from whole cloth. If you notice she names the poll as being conducted by Pew Research Center, but she never links to that poll. Thus, one is left trying to either find that poll or just taking her word for it. That's the tactic a fraud employs.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Putin Is Losing the Global South, Poll Suggests

Which explains why countries all over the Global South are trying to join BRICS. (/s)

[for-q-clinton]

Seriously who cares? I don’t care what India people think of our President (regardless of who it is). Our President is a US issue just like Putin is a Russia issue.

[In_Iowa_not_from]

What will the paid Ukrainian Cheerleaders do for work after November 6th?

Go back to posting fake product reviews on Amazon?

[bimboeruption]

[higgmeister]

Putin Is Losing the Global South, Poll Suggests

This the stupidist thing I have ever read.   Since when did the Southern Hemisphere have any say about the leader of any nation on earth?   Who the flock of seagulls should even care?   Newsweak really has a scoop here. /s

[silverleaf]

I wonder which of our Agency formed/USG funded “ non govt, orgs NGOs) …conducted these polls?

[IDFbunny]

Putin is winning the war for Africa. If Sudan falls to Putin he will have a port on the Red Sea.

[kiryandil]

The Pout

[EC Washington]

Actually I am out on the road working to get Conservative Republicans elected in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Hopefully real Conservatives will clean up the Ukrainian Manure Pile in DC.

And yes I am Hungarian - not Russian.

[Rdct29]

Even though I don't trust the Peppy La Pew poll, I don't think Putin cares what the global South thinks. They should have polled them about their confidence in Joe Veggie Biden. I have confidence that Biden will make the wrong decision. He does it all the time.

[webheart]

Suggests lol

[JonPreston]

Our Dimwit has become fully activated after a few months off.

[dennisw]