Having experienced Russia and returned and am going back again, it is my opinion that the West has no clue about it. A marvelous country with fantastic people. If you talk to those people, 9 out of 10 really like their leader. A total contrast to here in the UK and, from what I can see, Europe and the USA
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9 out of 10 people that’s a big call for a country that had an exodus of people at the start of the war
My friends and ex colleagues who live there are trapped. The Russians who don’t live there don’t say Putin’s name.
True, Russia is huge and I mainly visit just one provence, but I do believe Putin's approval rating is in the mid to high 80s. Many of the young men I have spoken to believe him to be too leniant. The West does not report both sides ofthee story. We too have state run media, BBC. Our journalists no longer exist, or at least not allowed to report anything that doesn't go with the narrative.
Also Joe, the Russian I live with says his name. Obviously not everyone likes him. I have never met, not likely to meet Putin, so I can only go on my experience.
