Putin is losing control of the Russian information space, and the Russian elite is increasingly isolated from society

The UK Ministry of Defence Intelligence and the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported such trends on the same day.

The British intelligence service reported that as the Russian leadership continues to mobilise Russians to send them to war in Ukraine, the Kremlin elite is becoming increasingly isolated.

The consequences of the so-called "mobilisation" vary considerably across Russia's regions. In many eastern regions, the mortality rate is 30-40 times higher than in Moscow.

Ethnic minorities often suffer the most: in Astrakhan, approximately 75% of the casualties come from the Qazaq and Tatar minorities. At the same time, the families of the Russian elite remain untouched.

ISW quotes Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a panel discussion at the forum "Practical and Technological Aspects of Information and Cognitive Warfare in Modern Realities."

Zakharova confirmed that the Kremlin has ceded centralised control over the Russian information space and that Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently cannot easily fix this.

Zakharova also said that there is infighting in the Kremlin's inner circle.