The War Against Putin: What the Government-Media Complex Isn't Telling You About Russia

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As of the date of this publication (April 2014), a Google Search for the term “Putin thug” yields an astonishing 850,000 results; about the same as for “Putin murderer”. Coming in at about 500,000 results is “Putin tyrant”. Even the whimsical “Putin the Terrible” is pushing 100,000. Most of these negative results source back to some bloviating American politician, commentator, editorial writer or journalist for a major American publication. Others trace back to European parliamentarians or periodicals.

To be sure, favorable Western reviews for Russia’s enigmatic leader are also readily available; but the preponderance of the Western sourced adjectives used to describe Vladimir Putin, be it from the “left” or from the “right”, is clearly of a negative nature.

But in Russia itself, the perception is vastly different. Ever since his rise to power, Putin’s approval rating among the Russian people has hovered between 70 -80%; far higher than that of any American President or European Prime Minister.{1} Indeed, many Russians regard him as the savior of Mother Russia; with some referring to him as “Putin the Great”. Some among Russia’s Orthodox Christian faithful today believe that Putin was God sent, literally!

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