Usually, it's far more subtle than that. Polling companies, unlike autocrats, are also unable to shade the poll results by intimidation. At least from my experience -- I did data analysis programming for a market research firm -- they also don't want to suppress data from people by income level or ethnicity.
On November 20, 2024, at approximately 15:00 local time, a cruise missile strike targeted a Russian command post located in the village of Maryino, Rylsky District, Kursk Region. The attack was reportedly carried out using a British-French manufactured Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missile...
Ukraine had earlier said the weapon was an intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of flying thousands of kilometres, a claim denied by both US sources and Moscow.