You may hate Putin....and see him no different than the Oligarchs before him...but he has changed the lifestyles of the Citizens and their communities for the good... and they know it....and despite all Putins warts they do for the most part love him.
Tell that to your boy KGB Putin. He's the one who wants to restore the evil empire, or something not too much different from it. He's the one who thinks the *collapse* of the Soviet Union was the worst thing that happened in the 20th Century. Who feels the mass murderer Stalin deserves statues in his honor. Who is currently in the process of bringing back the diabolical KGB. All of this is provided above, as if you didn't know.