“Putin’s approval rating is currently close to 80% in Russia while Biden’s is close to 40% in the US.“
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Anyone speaking out against Putin gets tossed out windows. If that were the case in the US, FR would be empty and the streets lined with bodies.
My point is that in a closed society, the rulers have ratings higher than 80%. Your comment is empty and pretty much meaningless.
(Saddam won his elections with 100% of the votes. Putin is a piker in comparison.)
I understand your thoughts on this, however Putin’s approval rating in Russia in the same survey before the “invasion” was around 60%. So your theory does not really hold up, although I am sure that Old Joe appreciates your efforts.
Putin’s approval has also gone up in other non-Western countries throughout the world over the past year.
The propaganda part of the war is winning in the West but not in other places. Why do you think that 80% of the world’s population is completely ignoring the “sanctions” and have lined Russia’s pockets with an additional $100 Billion in oil revenues alone as compared to last year. If they were buying into the same nonsense this wouldn’t be happening.
Unfortunately Putin’s popularity in Russia and other countries representing approximately 80% of the world’s population is real and playing mental gymnastics to enable yourself to believe otherwise is a fruitless pursuit. The situation in Ukraine has a long history and is far more complicated than the propogandists in the West are trying to portray and most of the world is not buying into it.
Strangely, Putin is actually a more popular figure in some other countries than he has been in Russia. In Vietnam his popularity continues to hover around 89%. Who knows why.