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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
I can't say for the whole Russia. There is a democracy (i.e. everybody has his/her own point of view). Me and all my relatives/friends don't like him and have never voted for him. However I know many people especially rednecks and religion maniacs in low-educated villages do support him. Their votes do count equivalent to ours (yes, we have a direct election system unlike the USA  ) so I have no clue about his overall support in the whole country, but I guess it's about 40..50% or so. |
gotcha, i was curious as to the approval rating of putin.
all votes count the same here. i think you are thinking of the electoral college.
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Originally Posted by MaDalton
i found this very amusing...
and yeah, Putin is an undercover capitalist, in his time as KGB officer in Eastern Germany he sold KGB vehicles to private people for profit 
i happen to know cause i met someone who bought a car from him  |
it's pretty crazy how he's kept himself in a power position throughout all the changes, perostroika up to now. any ideas to his net worth? he had to cash in when the union split up eh.