Putin is very popular with the average Russian citizen.
He puts his country first and is a strong nationalist.
I wish we had a leader like him here in the U.S.
All the polls are rigged because he controls the media. Sanctions starting to bite the common people, oil prices tanking, body-bags coming home....they smell Afghanistan revisited.
LOL...........you have quite the vivid imagination. .....

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Nope....
I'm still in touch with folks who monitor these things for a living. You're just all googly-eyed because you think he's a strongman. Big difference between a "nationalist" and a fascist....don't let your hatred of Obozo put you in a ditch.
Yea, me too. Last time a popularity poll was taken, when he told Bammy to **** himself (you may not have heard it over the din since about 100 other world leaders were telling Bammy to **** himself at the same time), Putin had a 76% approval rating with the Russian people. But the next election will tell the tale.
Russians want a tough bastard in charge. It's all they've ever had in charge for 1000 years. So they're going to have to pay more for parsley and oranges? That'll be horrible compared to the nationalism they displayed from 41- 45, when 28 million of them died for Mother Russia. Now about those Russian "rebels" who just kicked the Ukrainian army's ass...that'll sure hurt Putin in the popularity polls.