article_snippet: With the ruble and growth rate both plunging, glimmers of opposition have already appeared in unexpected corners.
article_snippet: Five deputies in the usually subservient Duma have tabled a bill to repeal the sanctions Putin slapped on European food imports, calling Five deputies in the usually subservient Duma unconstitutional.
article_snippet: If the economic slide continues, Putin's high ratings are likely to fall.
article_snippet: Russia's Westernized fringe may be galvanized into opposition.
article_snippet: But as war fever bleeds into economic anxiety, a pervasive resentment and directionless aggression seem more likely in the short run than a united uprising for civil and political rights.