Vlad is Rad
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.”