by MATTHEW GAULT
In the West people tend to think of Russian president Vladimir Putin as a strongman dictator, a former KGB man who oppresses his people, censors the media and antagonizes Russia’s neighbors. From the outside, it’s hard for anyone to understand how Putin stays in power … let alone stays popular.
And Putin is popular, pollsters put his approval rating at more than 80 percent. It makes perfect sense if you understand Russia. In America we tend to think Moscow, with its business, banking and government, as the heart of Russia. Muscovites, we think, are just like us. How could they stand behind a man like Putin?
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