https://www.theguardian.com/commenti...rkutsk-poverty
you won't suspect that TheGuardian is proPutin, so...
I honestly doubt in what you said before that Russians dissaprove Putin. maybe only people in your social circle (as we usually surround ourselves with the people similar to us). so you can't extrapolate your social circle into whole Russia's population...
I think that its true that 80 % of Russians approve Putin and his policies. What do you think about it ?