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[QUOTE="DS3, post: 6326411, member: 407846"]
Actually, you misrepresent the situation in Russia yourself.

You know full well many support Putin and it is too easy to say they all have been brainwashed and fair elections were never available. That is just not true.

The problem Russia faces today is that of 'authoritarianism creep'. Putin was adored and empowered after he appeared to clean up Russia after the catastrophic nineties. In the West, to use a cliche, that is known as making a deal with the devil.

The majority have tolerated Putin for relative stability and turned a blind eye against the increasing repression, election tampering and quashing of political opposition. For now he has the entire population on lock down. That has been over a twenty year arc where many were aware of what was happening and failed to act.

It is impossible to say where Putin's actual support stands as of today (independent surveys yet find he commands majority support but that is debatable) but to claim 'not a single adequate Russian has ever voted for him' is ridiculous. As pointed out above (which you missed I assume) we have had Card Chat members argue on behalf of Putin's actions in Ukraine.
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