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The Russian people seem to overwhelmingly support their government.
Russians are a weak minority trying to protect a vast territory from Sinification in the west, islamification from the south, and what they see (possibly correctly) as imperialism from the west. Their experiment with democracy was horrific, and they quite like the iron hand of their leaders. If Putin could manage to create the opportunity, he could be made Tzar. Consumer Democracy is just another form of creeping communism - and the Russians are done with that ideology as well.
I'm not agreeing with them. I'm just explaining the common person's philosophy about their government.
"Consumer Democracy is just another form of creeping communism"
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"Their experiment with democracy was horrific, and they quite like the iron hand of their leaders."
This statement contains some truth. I would agree that Russians, on average, are not worried about their institutions appearing 'democratic.'
"If Putin could manage to create the opportunity, he could be made Tzar."
This statement, however, is the de facto perception in the west, but I do not believe love of Putin runs as deep as Americans/Europeans tend to believe. Russians want a strong leader who will lead them to economic prosperity (or at least appear to do so) and not take any BS from foreign powers. This statement could be said of most nations right now, especially the US.