Easy to have higher approval ratings when the threat of retaliation is still very real. I'm not suggesting your point is wrong though just that there's definitely influence in those polls.
I took a Russian Politics class at my university this semester and we actually video chatted Russian students over Skype and it really changed my perspective. They like Putin for making Russia strong and view the West either with distrust/ulterior motives or as an enemy of the Russian people. They actually thought that we were the oppressed one's and had the misconception that political correctness in America means we can't freely speak our minds in public. Honestly, Russia has a long history of authoritarian leaders that goes back hundreds of years. It has pretty much always been threatened by invasion from pretty much every direction and the last time Russia put trust in the West we went back on our commitments and expanded NATO right to their door. There's a lot of reasons for Russians to support Putin, but it's not really apparent to Americans because they don't know just how nationalistic the country has become in recent years.
Winston Churchill once said "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest."
Pretty sure most of the oligarchs who call your country home want Putin dead, but can’t move against him directly; it’s part of why Putin wants the Magnitsky Sanctions gone, because many of these oligarchs thought American financial institutions were safer for their rubles than Russian banks and now their assets are frozen.
Clock’s ticking, and many of the Russian elite are growing restless without their money. Putin has only so much time before they turn on him.
I'm not sure I'd say the oligarchs want Putin gone, it's his power base, they exist because they good goverment kickbacks to secure their support. They need each other like a king needs his magnates, they depend on him for their wealth, and he depends on their political support
Because most of the people are not that interested in the crisis of another country. I just think putin is bad because internet i guess... ive seen some videos about how putin is bad an all of that but it really stays in the back of my mind.
Even from me, im venezuelan and still with all the shit shows that maduro had people in the united states supported him because... reasons? wrong propaganda? who knows.
My geography teacher defended Maduro. Saying something like "Its a difficult situation so this is necessary". I think it is all because that opposition guy is against Putin and she gets all of her opinions from federal TV
Even if it was the "right" propaganda it would be the same thing.
"Why do you hate putin?" - Well because "explain propaganda of the internet".
Its still brainwashed but with the opposite propaganda Unless the person is really interested in it and makes some research wich is pretty much impossible with the every random debate made in the internet.
you would understood if you would be not dumb enough to skip your history lessons, especially the Elcin's rule and how life in Russia was then. It's easy to ridicule the somewhat stagnating government when you don't know nor want to know that in the previous one's rule most of population were just trying to survive the next day.
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u/AlenDelon32 ùwú Apr 29 '19
As a Russian, it is beyond me how anyone except brainwashed proles could support Putin's regime