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This is from the most respected and independent pollster in Russia, The Levada Center, which is similar to the Pew Research Center in the United States. Hence this poll can't be easily dismissed as some government manipulated propaganda. The 80% rating is just 5 points behind Putin's all time record approval rating of 85% during the March 2008 Presidential elections.
Putin has always been popular in Russia but the latest ratings surge took off after the successful Sochi Olympics and got on boosters over his handling of the Crimea. As the West tries to apply pressure the vast majority of Russia has consolidated behind Putin (even some of his traditional political adversaries). It's a rally behind the flag moment for Russia like what we saw here in the United States shortly after 9/11. This may partly explain why Putin has been so resolute in his actions.
This from the Moscow Times:
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President Vladimir Putin's approval rating has reached 80 percent, 14 years to the day since he first became head of state, a poll published Wednesday indicates.
Putin's popularity has been on an upward curve since January, when it was 65 percent, according to the surveys carried out by Levada Center, an independent pollster.
The Crimea region's reunification with Russia, signed into law by Putin on Friday, and the success of the Winter Olympics in Sochi are the key contributors to the ratings surge.
Putin enjoyed his highest approval rating 85 percent at the time of the March 2008 presidential election that was won by current Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, while his all time low of 63 percent came in March 2013, less than a year into his third term.
thats because putin is being who he is in leading russia. and he is doing what the people want, and that is putting russia up on the international stage as a leader in the world rather than as a follower. like him or not, putin is making russia strong again. i just hope that putin doesnt become another stalin.
This is from the most respected and independent pollster in Russia, The Levada Center, which is similar to the Pew Research Center in the United States. Hence this poll can't be easily dismissed as some government manipulated propaganda. The 80% rating is just 5 points behind Putin's all time record approval rating of 85% during the March 2008 Presidential elections.
Putin has always been popular in Russia but the latest ratings surge took off after the successful Sochi Olympics and got on boosters over his handling of the Crimea. As the West tries to apply pressure the vast majority of Russia has consolidated behind Putin (even some of his traditional political adversaries). It's a rally behind the flag moment for Russia like what we saw here in the United States shortly after 9/11. This may partly explain why Putin has been so resolute in his actions.
This from the Moscow Times:
Irrelevant, a lot of human beings like nonsense until it goes sideways.
A huge percentage of Americans backed the disastrous Iraqi war, how'd that end?
I don't know any Americans who now think the Iraq war was a good idea.
So, it is not where something starts but where it finishes that matters and determines how people feel about it and how historians write about it.
This is from the most respected and independent pollster in Russia, The Levada Center, which is similar to the Pew Research Center in the United States. Hence this poll can't be easily dismissed as some government manipulated propaganda. The 80% rating is just 5 points behind Putin's all time record approval rating of 85% during the March 2008 Presidential elections.
Putin has always been popular in Russia but the latest ratings surge took off after the successful Sochi Olympics and got on boosters over his handling of the Crimea. As the West tries to apply pressure the vast majority of Russia has consolidated behind Putin (even some of his traditional political adversaries). It's a rally behind the flag moment for Russia like what we saw here in the United States shortly after 9/11. This may partly explain why Putin has been so resolute in his actions.
This from the Moscow Times:
What's your point? You wish Obama would act like a real dictator, instead of this faux dictator that the far right accuses Obama of..... You want Obama to remain in power after his terms through political manipulation?
I seriously don't see the far right's fascination with this guy, besides as a reason to bash Obama.....
thats because putin is being who he is in leading russia. and he is doing what the people want, and that is putting russia up on the international stage as a leader in the world rather than as a follower. like him or not, putin is making russia strong again. i just hope that putin doesnt become another stalin.
Making Russia strong? You really don't know much about their economy do you?
Big deal. Many other tyrannical dictators have had approval ratings in the 80s or approaching 80. Take King Obama, for instance. His was near that in the first few months of his regime.
Irrelevant, a lot of human beings like nonsense until it goes sideways.
A huge percentage of Americans backed the disastrous Iraqi war, how'd that end?
I don't know any Americans who now think the Iraq war was a good idea.
So, it is not where something starts but where it finishes that matters and determines how people feel about it and how historians write about it.
Crimea and Iraq are two vastly different scenarios. Crimea was actually apart of Russia for several hundred years before been artificially tacked on to Ukraine by a Ukrainian born Soviet commissar (Khrushchev). The people of Crimea are overwhelmingly Russian and welcomed Russia's intervention. They've always wanted to be re-united back with the rest of Russia. They were genuinely afraid of the new regime in Kiev and essentially welcomed the Russians as liberators. This is why the Russian 'invasion' has been so smooth, swift, and virtually bloodless. They didn't meet any resistance from the Crimeans. In fact about 2/3 of the Ukraine soldiers in Crimea has defected over to the Russian side.
On the other hand the US had no real dog to fight for in Iraq. We went there looking for non-existent WMDs, got rid of Saddam and was left with an intractable insurgency that quickly bogged us down then the war spiraled into something that seemed to have no real aim and purpose costing hundreds of thousands of lives along the way. To this day no one can formulate a good reason for why we went into Iraq, a country half a world away that had absolutely nothing to do with us.
Crimea and Iraq are two vastly different scenarios. Crimea was actually apart of Russia for several hundred years before been artificially tacked on to Ukraine by a Ukrainian born Soviet commissar (Khrushchev). The people of Crimea are overwhelmingly Russian and welcomed Russia's intervention. They've always wanted to be re-united back with the rest of Russia. They were genuinely afraid of the new regime in Kiev and essentially welcomed the Russians as liberators. This is why the Russian 'invasion' has been so smooth, swift, and virtually bloodless. They didn't meet any resistance from the Crimeans. In fact about 2/3 of the Ukraine soldiers in Crimea has defected over to the Russian side.
On the other hand the US had no real dog to fight for in Iraq. We went there looking for non-existent WMDs, got rid of Saddam and was left with an intractable insurgency that quickly bogged us down then the war spiraled into something that seemed to have no real aim and purpose costing hundreds of thousands of lives along the way. To this day no one can formulate a good reason for why we went into Iraq, a country half a world away that had absolutely nothing to do with us.
So what was the point of this thread? Are you defecting comrade?
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