Understanding why Russians approve of Putin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Q. Do you approve of Putin or are you likely to fall out of a window?

Russians: We approve of Putin.

This.


And to anyone who thinks its’s great, google the Canadian couple who moved there to “escape wokeness” and their experience.

+1 Republicans are brain-dead. What about the word Dictatorship could they possibly not understand? Oh wait like I said no brain cells.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]it is hard to gauge how much Russians approve of Putin since there is no free election or reliable poll.[/b] the fact that he has to rule with an iron fist, arresting children just carrying a sign for Ukraine suggests that the approval is not that high, murdering journalists, having oil execs fall off windows and so on. sending over 300,000 young Russians from the countryside to death/injury in Ukraine has likely soured support on those areas as well.

also Russians never had democracy, dont have a free press to get information and form opinions.

This OP. The election is meaningless in telling us anything about support.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The problem with Russia is imperialism. It's like the 19th Century never ended for them. Their invasion of Ukraine is incredibly destabilizing. It's completely changed the security situation in Europe. Poland and the Baltics - Nato countries - as well as the Caucusas are very much on edge. France is now openly discussing sending troops to Ukraine. Not to mention the carry-on effects of the invasion elsewhere in the world. Ukraine is effectively the breadbasket of Africa. Higher grain prices have a way of destabilizing underdeveloped countries.

You make it sound like an imperial mindset or destabilizing wars are something unique to Russia.