Putin thanked supporters at a victory rally in Moscow on Sunday. IVAN SEKRETAREV/AP
Samuel Bendett, The Compass: Why Russians Love Putin
Over the past decade and a half, Russian President Vladimir Putin has enjoyed consistently high rankings and the continued support of the majority of his country's population, as well as that of the country's military, political, and economic elites. There are straightforward explanations for such strong support. His government's control of practically all major media outlets; the crafting of an image that shows him as a virile and masculine figure; his success in silencing and marginalizing practically all opposition; and other factors like his successful exploitation of the patriotism rooted in the Russian psyche have helped sustain his success. But many in the West have struggled to comprehend why Russian people, whose lives and livelihoods seem to have taken a turn for the much worse since the imposition of Western sanctions in 2015, love their leader.
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WNU Editor: Being one who lived though of all of this .... there is a lot of truth in this analysis. But will this love affair last .... I am always saying no, but he has been riding this wave for a very long time.
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