Trump’s approval of Putin might make him an outlier in the US, but he’d fit right in among young people in Russia. NatGeo’s Julia Ioffe explains why many young Russians see a hero in Putin. “Much is made of Putin’s stratospheric popularity — at the time I reported this article, Putin had the approval of 80 percent of Russians polled. But Russians between the ages of 18 and 24 approve of him at a higher rate than any other age group: 88 percent. More than any other generation, they are proud of their country and its stature in the world, associate its military prowess with greatness, and believe in its future … Today 58 percent of Russians would still like to see a return of the Soviet order, and some 40 percent see Stalin favorably.”