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Analysis: War, economy could weaken Putin’s place as leader

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via teleconference in Moscow, on March 10, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Local residents walk past destroyed Russian tanks in Chernihiv region, Ukraine, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin is displayed on a big screen as he delivers his speech at the concert marking the eighth anniversary of the referendum on the state status of Crimea and Sevastopol and its reunification with Russia, in Moscow, Russia, March 18, 2022. (Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - A worker paints over a writing reading 'Yes to Peace!' on a wall of an apartment building in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, March 18, 2022. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony to receive credentials from foreign ambassadors in Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 1, 2021. (Grigory Sysoev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Analysis: War, economy could weaken Putin’s place as leader