Putin can no longer claim victory in Ukraine, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells BBC

"Tell me, has security increased?" Dmitry Muratov asks. "With Ukrainian drones now attacking warehouses of [Russia's largest online retailer] Wildberries; with the petrol crisis, the disruption to mobile internet, the political prisoners? Has security increased, or not?"STRINGER/EPA/ShutterstockUkraine's Armed Forces have begun to target the warehouses of Russia's largest internet retailer Wildberries well into Russia territoryDespite opinion polls registering a fall in Vladimir Putin's domestic approval ratings, Russia's president – Mr Muratov believes - retains a tight grip on power."Sorry, I don't believe all this talk about a split among members of the elite, about secret conspiracies. The country is run by Vladimir Putin. They're frightened of him."And this fear is reinforced in every way by his main support base: the Federal Security Service (FSB)."As critical as he is of his own government, he has few illusions about the West."[Putin] knows very well the true value of European leaders. On the one hand they talk to him about human rights. He laughs out loud because, with the other hand, they sign agreements – or used to sign agreements – with Russia on trading oil, gas, diamonds…all that stuff. When they talk to Putin about European values, he truly laughs out loud. He knows the true value of people who preached to him those values."In Russia Mr Muratov has been designated a 'foreign agent', a label often used to punish critics of the Kremlin. 'Foreign agents' have limited rights: they're banned from teaching, from taking part in elections; if they sell their flat, they can't access the assets. The label is also designed to stigmatise, to create the sense in society of an enemy within.