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With tourism ailing during the summer peak season in Russian-occupied Crimea and investors fleeing Russia’s stagnating economy, President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine is looking more self-destructive all the time for the Kremlin dictator.

Moreover, a new Pew Global Attitudes poll released on July 9, shows that the world is turning against Putin. Only Greece still has a favorable opinion of Russia. Oddly, however, 35 percent of Ukrainians still have a positive view of Russia, lower than in Poland, where only 19 percent have a favorable view of Russia.