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Putin enjoys high levels of support in Russia. According to Denis Volkov from Moscow Levada Center drawing any conclusions from Russian poll results or comparing them with Western polls is pointless as there's no real political competition in Russia.
Unlike in democratic states the Russian voters aren't offered any "credible alternatives" and the public opinion is formed primarily with state-controlled media which promotes the ruling party and discredits any alternative candidates. Putin's name and image are widely used in advertisements and product branding.
It features a golden bas-relief portrait of Putin. Putin tries to create an outdoor, sporty, tough guy public image, demonstrating his physical capabilities and taking part in unusual or dangerous acts, such as extreme sports and interaction with wild animals. Notable examples of Putin's macho adventures include: After that he took part in singing of a Russian song about cosmonauts, " Grass by the Home ".
The painters were required to illustrate one of the letters of the Russian alphabet with a subject connected to Nikolay Gogol 's novel Christmas Eve the th anniversary from Gogol's birth was celebrated in Putin's picture depicted a hoarfrost pattern Russian: The movie is said to be based on biography of Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila.
There are a large number of songs about Putin. Putin features in the colouring book for children Vova and Dima presented on his 59th birthday , [80] where he and Dmitry Medvedev are drawn as good-behaving little boys, and in the Superputin online comics series, where Putin and Medvedev are portrayed first as superheroes , [39] and then as a troll and an orc in the World of Warcraft. Stalin" aired on April 22, Putin has produced a large number of popular aphorisms and catch-phrases, known as putinisms.
Putin is known for his often tough and sharp language. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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And for a vast majority of Russians, they are virtually the only source of information about political events. Given that typically well over half of their news broadcasts consist of sympathetic coverage of Vladimir Putin and members of the United Russia party, and oppositional figures are always presented in a negative or ironic light if at all , it is unsurprising that the president is enjoying considerable popularity.
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Riot police in phalanxes contained protesters while other officers moved in to make detentions.
As videos and photos of police roughly manhandling unresisting protesters flooded social media, Moscow police spokesman Vladimir Chernikov was quoted as saying "the police and National Guard today acted strictly in accordance with the law, competently and calmly. Earlier, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, 35 people were detained following clashes between protesters and baton-wielding police. In Yakutsk, 75 protesters were detained by police at the rally there, according to a Navalny supporter.
As Russia witnesses increasing control of the media by state authorities, Radio Svoboda has become a key forum for those who lack access to other means of free expression. At a White House news conference on Friday, Obama insisted that he does not have bad personal relations with Putin. Notable examples of Putin's macho adventures include: See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. In Novokuznetsk, police detained 26 protesters taking part in the rally there.
In Novokuznetsk, police detained 26 protesters taking part in the rally there. Additionally, were detained in Chelyabinsk and 63 in Tolyatti.
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Like Navalny, many of the protesters are being charged with the administrative violation of disobeying police and are being released pending hearings. Pavel Chikov, head of the Agora rights group, posted on Telegram that Moscow police were preventing lawyers from communicating with detainees.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert posted on Twitter that the United States "condemns Russia's detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters and calls for their immediate release. A spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini issued a statement saying the police reaction in Russia threatened "the fundamental freedoms of expression, association, and assembly in the Russian Federation. On the eve of the protests, Navalny supporters were detained by police in several Russian cities including St.
A coordinator for Navalny the southern city of Volgograd, Aleksei Volkov, wrote on Twitter that students at local schools were forced to sign papers acknowledging that they could face serious consequences, including expulsion, if they take part in the rally. As Russia witnesses increasing control of the media by state authorities, Radio Svoboda has become a key forum for those who lack access to other means of free expression. Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan.
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