After the disaster that was Yeltsin Putin reined in the oligarchs and achieved a certain stability that the Russian people supported. The lives of most Russians has gradually improved with his leadership and the reason why 80% of the populace supports him. Sure Putin is corrupt like the rest of them, but it’s all relative. Putin is vastly superior to Yeltsin who was a drunken idiot willing to sell Russia out.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply.
Right, and have russian lives improved in the last 16 months of Putin's invasion of Ukraine?