How popular is Putin in Russia really? | Focus on Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin is standing for a fifth term in office. His opponents don't stand a chance. The death of opposition politician Alexei Navalny means there's no one left to challenge him. Kremlin critics are describing the election as a "parody."
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[@dinnerwaltz]

Of course Putin‘s approval rating is high, I think Kim Jong Un's approval rating in North Korea is 100%

[@RRRR0707]

before the war in Ukraine, Putin's rating was probably 50-60 percent, now it easily reaches 80-90. In fact, this war and sanctions have helped Russia to revive in many ways.

[@dangin8811]

Keep coping.

[@asynchronicity]

It's at least 100%...Probably much higher

[@asynchronicity]

@@RRRR0707"many ways" Sounds vague. Any specifics about how great Russia has become lately?

[@anacc3257]

@@RRRR0707 The war may have revived the support for Putin but the war has only been destructive russia, its people and of course all of those who've been injured and died from it.

[@RobertJackson437]

DdW 😂😂😂 at it's finest

[@ChopSuey-Dish]

I live in China. Everything is miserable here, but no one dares to complain. Seriously if there is next life, I wish to be born in any other country, except China.

[@IbnBahtuta]

Surely you would include North Korea. Just imagine that one day you woke up and discovered that not only are you living in North Korea, but you have slept in again and you are over 3 hours late for work, and you had already received your last warning yesterday. There's a good chap, add North Korea to China, you know it makes sense.

[@colonela5109]

You can simply leave China and live outside China. Problem solved ! If you want to be a non-chinese in your next life., I would be happy to do it.

[@frankrenda2519]

i live in the west everything is miserable here

[@malcolmy3413]

@@RRRR0707 2/3 of houses in mother russia still don't have indoor plumbing. But you have magical dynamics of change🤣🤣

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

There's no pleasing some people, everything around them seems miserable. That's how they see life in general.

[@nataliavinokurova9535]

the whole world saw hundreds of people greeting and cheering Prigogin in Rostov-on-Don whereas no one supported pootin. The whole world saw people queuing to vote for Nadezhdin candidacy while not any single person was seen to queue for pootin. And the whole world see millions of people bid their farewell to Alexey Navalny. That's the answer

[@izajahmed8863]

😂😂😂 Too much coke

[@dariosuruguay8911]

Millions 😂😂😂😂 ????

[@user-ge5vf5md7r]

Yeah it's funny to not see anybody supporting Putin during those times.

[@zoomeraygun1]

I teach online to Russians. I only have about 120 people, but they despise Putin. They all want him gone but cant get him out. They say he has hijacked the Federation

[@dutchalwayshasaplan4956]

@@izajahmed8863 What are you on about? There’s literal footage and proof.

[@ungesabindodakaziyasesiyon]

Yes they do

[@anna_razumovich]

I'm russian and don't like putin

[@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236]

Чей Крым?

[@alsanchez5038]

@@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236Random vodka bot

[@elvenkind6072]

How many in your family and among friends, like in percentages, do you think honestly support Putin? Do you have any hopes for a future with a new President and a real democracy, where the rule of law is respected? Sorry if that's a lot to answer, if you would bother to. One very good thing about Russia seem to be the reemergence of Christianity after communism fell.

[@sergeybebenin]

​​@@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236👍 yep, original poster - answer this. Who does Crimea and Donbass belong to?

[@billyu2936]

I'm chinese and i dont like Xi. But still, my rest of the family are strongly surpporting Xi.

[@Koan_Om]

Navalny meaningful opposition??? You must be kidding...

[@netiturtle]

His YT video about corruption in Russia has 130 million views. Way back someone pulled analysis, most viewer were from Russia. I don't have up-to-date numbers though

[@sergeybebenin]

​​@@netiturtleand? By the way, thank God there's corruption in Russia. I was dumbfounded when I saw Navalniy report on corruption in missile manufacturing (just one blunt example)

[@user-tq9dr7so4c]

​@@netiturtle что? Ты измеряешь поддержку по количеству просмотров? Я нередко смотрю видео, в которых я не разделяю мнение автора. Значит ли это что я его поддерживаю?

[@user-kg4fr9jr7v]

He was the only opposition. We don't have any other

[@gayan2517]

Never knew the guy before he died 😂

[@Av3ng3d77x]

"When regime kills it's opponent it's too weak " should we consider USA too weak?? 🤣🤣🤣

[@user-kg4fr9jr7v]

Putin has taken measures to not let any alternative emerge

[@justinweaver7428]

He was a member of the KGB, and he's well-rehearsed in not allowing dissent -it was his job.

[@christyfessletini8130]

Don't you think European s and Americans take measures to prevent so called populists getting elected? Don't you think the use of pejoratives and the media campaigns, that are blatantly biased are a distortion of democracy. Don't you think this is to ensure the continuation of a center that enjoys what Gramsci calls cultural hegemony?

[@christyfessletini8130]

The EU constantly inteferes in elections all over Europe to prevent the "wrong people getting elected". In total autocratic fashion

[@JonDow-ow2fc]

what do Peter the great and Putler have in common 🤔 they both led Russia into the 18th century 🤣

[@nandotorres4461]

An alternative controlled from London or Washington like Navalny

[@rajadurai8067]

Even people think against putin , they can't express it frankly because of afraid.

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

And you know this from what source? The "trustworthy and unbiased" western media?

[@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236]

To be always afraid is a generic status for russians

[@user-xx6cg3yw4o]

А мы , русские верим, и нам далеко наплевать, что ты думаешь, сидя на своем продавленом диване😂

[@ravagekillz]

@@user-xx6cg3yw4osocial engineering, ouch. it has reached its peak, and will now come to crash down on Putler

[@liza-iv9ks]

​@@ravagekillzдиванный военный и мистер диванный всезнайка, ничего не можете кроме угроз на своих диваннах сказать, никто нам не угрожает в отличие от вас, Путину люди доверяют если не все, то большенство точно, он вытащил из голодных 90-х народ,лучше выбирать лидера который может нормально подниматься по лестнице и помнить всё и конечно нормально говорит

[@Fistfury42]

I guess it's Gudkov / Badkov they're playing..

[@PaulV.]

Everything you need to know about "the honest face of the Russian opposition". That guy Dmitry Gudkov father owns a luxury property in London which he bought working as a Russian MP in 2014.

[@MrNeversweat]

😂

[@FVBmovies]

Paul, quoting your thoughts and insinuations about ex-Duma politician Gudkov doesn't make his words less valid. Video didn't make any claims or disapproval of honesty or lack thereof, you did.

[@PaulV.]

@@FVBmovies on the contrary it does. If Dmitri's father is a corrupt politician himself it makes his own position a lot less trustworthy.

[@FVBmovies]

@@PaulV. If. And how much is a lot less? Can you quantify? Putin, despite being corrupt liar, sometimes speaks truth.

[@DSan-kl2yc]

​@@PaulV. people talk like this as if Putin isnt wealthy or corrupt ect. Which one is worst Which one is trying to do a decent thing

[@user-mc3ie6of4n]

How popular is Kim Jong Un in North Korea? People cry in the presence of him as if they saw God (otherwise they would be tore apart by dogs hours later). How popular is Xi Jinping in China? Only the best selected actors/actresses can approach him.

[@paddy654]

Exactly, it’s a matter of survival to praise these despicable creatures😮

[@Yochemm]

How popular is Scholtz in Germany?

[@tomatomi8041]

@@Yochemm As far as I'm aware everybody hates him.

[@christyfessletini8130]

How popular is the unelected head of the EU Von Der leyen ? Let's all cry in unison dictator!!

[@tomatomi8041]

@@christyfessletini8130 She's the head of the EU. The EU is not a country, it is an economic union, kinda like brics but more cohesive.

[@Audited_Forex]

My fiancé is Russian. She says majority supports Putin

[@darita654]

How does she know? I am Russian as well. The majority of people I know personally hate Putin. Objective surveys are currently impossible in Russia. People are punished for their political opinions there every day. Just think about it for a minute.

[@Audited_Forex]

@@darita654 She’s a neurologist who works in a large hospital. Most of her clients talk about politics and one of many topics on Putin

[@darita654]

@@Audited_Forex so if you were against Putin in Russia you would tell it to a random doctor in a random hospital. Seriously? I wouldn't do it. There are cases when even family members denounced people who are against war.

[@Garlic_Jinger]

​​@@darita654регистрация январь 23😂 Уезжай из России, если так невмоготу

[@user-sv5sl9tm7g]

Maybe. Many people are brainwashed. They think, for example, that Russia, with 6000 nuclear weapons, by invading was protecting itself from Ukrainne, with 0 nuclear weapons.

[@silhouettesilhouette2087]

1938: "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer."(Deutchland) 2022: "Ein Land. Ein Präsident. Ein Sieg." (L.Slutskyi. Moskau)

[@user-lh3fg5jr6c]

Mr. Oreshkin knows very well what Western journalists want to hear from him.

[@hardcorejunkygb9058]

Yes they do really like him and not only Russians

[@HMS-Defender1705]

Soviet and russian human rights activist and dissident Valeria Novodvorskaya, answering the question of what is needed to curb Russia and bring it to its senses, is a small country that can no longer threaten anyone on such a scale. No nuclear weapons. Before her death or assassination in 2014, she said: “Today’s password for free people is “Slava Ukraini!”, and the answer is “Glory to the heroes!” Please save Ukraine, and this is the only thing that can save Russia.” She believed that if Ukraine follows the Western path, this means that Russia will inevitably follow the same path. Ukraine, with Maidan and the expulsion of Yanukovych, chose the Western path of development. And this is dangerous for the retention of power by Putin and his gang, when an Orthodox country, where they also speak russian, rushes to the West and abandons the soviet past and the russian protectorate. This can become a contagious example. That is why Putin decided to start a war with Ukraine, so that it would not know calm days and would not be able to carry out reforms to join NATO and the EU. It's simple. Elementary Watson.

[@SirDigby3601]

Slava Ukraini!

[@HMS-Defender1705]

@@SirDigby3601, Героям Слава!

[@adamdudley8736]

every winter since I've been living in Austin the utilities cut off because of weather for like several days.. so yeah, bad stuff happens here as well (in much more mild conditions)

[@terrym5786]

Navalny Square not Red Square.

[@ernestconnell8087]

Pensioners making under $200/month. What’s not to like? 😆

[@awake3362]

It's because inflation is low there. It doesn't mean their standards of living is low.

[@lif6737]

@@awake3362 And yet their standards of living are also low, lol.

[@Nuklear_Godzilla]

​@@lif6737source: CnN 😂

[@cskvision]

While Putin dances around in his $1.4B gold plated mansion

[@sarojrajsatyal3736]

They have soul n looks more human then nato.....r u still confused that u r indepandent or humans ?

[@JimTimber]

puketin is about as popular as a rattlesnake in a lucky dip

[@sibaraku2023]

😂😂😂😂😂😂Do Americans like Biden? Do Germans like Scholz? Do the British like Sunak?🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@christianevanherck6023]

None of them are dictators!

[@easytransfers7166]

@@christianevanherck6023 yeah, they are pawns of the Pentagon.

[@sibaraku2023]

@@christianevanherck6023 so?

[@christianevanherck6023]

@@sibaraku2023 In a democracy people have freedom of speech and fair elections, which Russians can only dream about.

[@SandipMajumdar-nf9mr]

People in Russia doesn't know what democracy is.

[@LagoDosSantos]

They like him because they have to, or else!

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

Or else what?

[@wabw4h]

We like him because despite the shortcomings of his rule (corruption, a lot of yes men of questionable qualification in the government that pass some equally questionable laws), a lot of good things were still done to improve the quality of life, and not just in Moscow. Without turning the country into another lapdog for the americans, which does boost the pride of the russian people.

[@handler007]

Finland and Sweden think his the best salesman of NATO.

[@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236]

​@@wabw4hо, знакомый троль. Привет 🖐️ Рофлиш тут, да?

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

@@handler007 They also like NATO for giving them the opportunity to be the first targets of Russian nuclear missiles)

[@nuskinbonnielaiwan1039]

For any human who kills for reaching his/ her own desire doesn’t deserve even a child’s respect. May peace will come to the families at those regions soon 🙏

[@ravagekillz]

why arent you a president? u deserve to be.

[@claudinefiona9698]

LOL, NATO would be first in line with Israel right behind them

[@theworld7094]

You are talking about Nato and america of which you voted for them to cause these atrocities so you are implicated

[@IAMAVIKJORDAN]

Still a self sufficient county!

[@rodmarker2071]

Great Cars and mobile phones .. and burgers ... wow I wish I could become a vodka swilling russian and live a shorter life

[@Baldrick-ce9nd]

Going to be really dependant on China...

[@armindapereira4433]

What elections? Nobody in the west(no tv station) should give air time or comment those so called elections.

[@JBEMultimediamadrid]

Will that anull the election result?

[@tomatomi8041]

@@JBEMultimediamadrid It's just a waste of electricity.

[@vervetech9395]

Not the business of the west anyway. Have you ever thought of how nosy the west is? 😂

[@tomatomi8041]

@@vervetech9395 Nosy? That reminds me of russia encroaching into eastern Europe

[@cthree87]

It’s a translation problem. Election in Russian means tribute in English.

[@Rubinrus]

Female opposition leader simply by a fact that she's a Navalny's wife? Are you for real? Leader's position by a birthright or something? People even didn't knew that he has a wife. For the most, their first impression was that Navalny has died and then, suddenly, his wife is on some conference in Europe in a full makeup a few hours later. Where she was while Navalny was in prison? - Not in Russia. Even other opposition didn't say a thing about her existence while Navalny was alive. This "charismatic, clever and strong woman" can continue sitting in Brussels or whatever and do her "meaningful" protests there. Putin will surely be scared after he sees a few dozens or hundreds of people in some EU country protesting against him, and Russians would surely see her as a leader of opposition too. Right? Russian society is a traditional one and it won't accept a female leader unless it's according to monarchy. In the recent hundred years there was whooping one woman politician who was respected - Valeriya Novodvorskaya (died in 2014, was respected despite having quite questionable opinions). Others? People even don't respect Nabiullina who does nothing short of a miracle by keeping Russian economy not only afloat, but also growing. And some random woman who just happens to be late Navanlny's wife? Yeah, sure, no. Maybe in a Russia from your fairytales, but not in an actual Russia. Even if she has some support, it would be teens who cannot even vote yet. Navalny was respected to some degree, his wife never was and never will be.

[@yelenashishkina8804]

Hey, she is good looking and convenient. She is for Western audience.

[@bateagbor1704]

Navalny never had more than 10% popularity,talk of a threat to Putin😂

[@danielolsen3640]

Why even have an election!

[@TheGameCentre-yn7er]

Do they have an alternative? That is not dead or exiled.

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

Russia is Russia Best forget trying to change it It is what it is

[@TheTruthHz]

Ignoring it is the same as laying down while it runs you over.

[@FieldDay-cj3tv]

​​​​​@@TheTruthHzperhaps, though he knows his limits. As far as I'm concerned as long as the EU or Germany supports israelis I am against you That stands as is I have nothing against the Russians nor do I dislike them I might disagree with their methods though I can sympathize with why they are doing this with what has come to my attention since it's beginning I do not disapprove of Russia's actions in this regard

[@karlschmied6218]

"Russia" doesn't exist. People exist.

[@nancygabionza4729]

Ha ha ha funny

[@DacianRider]

ok fascist.... Joined Jan 31, 2024

[@twisterwiper]

People tend to like a product, if it’s the only product you can buy.

[@asavelakuse6865]

Depends on who you ask obviously he is not hated by everyone but doesn't mean he is liked by everyone. It's more of who is willing to support Putin further that should be the real question.

[@MrBurtur]

All american like Biden?

[@Jnth007]

He's very popular even in Europe :))

[@evaolah7621]

Who ?????? 74 years trillioner and can’t stay with Russians and live the families happy and safe ???? He’s playing like little boy,

[@JohnCena-um5uo]

That says a lot about people in Europe

[@DashieDe]

You should make an interview with Maxim Katz

[@williamgary7891]

IT was too cold 🥶

[@AK-ej5ml]

Support for, or at least acceptance of, the regime could change very quickly if people can see a path to regime change.

[@JBEMultimediamadrid]

And why would they want a regime change? You think they see him as you do? Did you miss the part that said majority supports him.

[@AK-ej5ml]

@JBEMultimediamadrid Have you missed the +100k dead, half a million or more that left the country, the inflation, the inability to travel, the rapid increase in bankruptcies and, most importantly the inability to say anything which doesn't align with the Kremlin line?

[@VaraLaFey]

@@JBEMultimediamadrid Putin's troll brigades literally have to be paid to say the things they say, and if they say anything else they go to jail. Thus _NOTHING_ they say can be believed.

[@orfeassoulios-1835]

russia has 5 parties in parliament but this is not democracy america has 2 and this is democracy 🤷🏻‍♂️ the vast majority in russia is prowar thats why all the parties supported

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

And those 5 parties are controlled by Putin and his lackeys. The Illusion of free will in an Autocratic State shows the leader has won!

[@malcolmy3413]

Where can I vote for Boris Nemzov? Couldn't find him on the ballot... Navalny maybe? Also no... Strange, what happened to them?

[@user-lx4zq5xf1t]

Except that in USA opposition is not killed and once in a while different political party takes power, which you can't say about russia where the same political party stays in power for 30+ years and if you dare to have different option than putins party you are killed or imprisoned

[@fanamlawuli6761]

​@@malcolmy3413that is because they not popular, only in the west, in Russia, they are no bodies, ever hear of Juan Guido the American puppets president of Venezuela, well that's nalvany and Boris, nothing but Juan Guido's

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

It is not the number of Parties that make an actual Democracy it is the 'people's' ability to choose who they want to elect or put up for the job WITHOUT interference. The USA 'system' is broken but that is another whole matter!

[@Avatar_2025]

who has ever watched a movie called Spartacus? You must stand on your ground.

[@markdc1145]

"Putin is very popular with most Russians". There, DW you said it yourself! Regardless how the West feels about Putin, if most Russians are satisfied, then where is the problem? It's their business, not yours.

[@maxbounce5736]

Russians would say, “Putin is not a woman to be liked.” Most respect him for what he’s done.

[@gerryhouska2859]

Respect and fear are not the same.

[@maxbounce5736]

@@gerryhouska2859 Watching the msm is not the best way to learn about what Russians (in Russia!) think about Putin. Those who know what Russia had to go through in the 90s understand why Putin is viewed by his people as a “leader who put Russia back on its feet” and they respect him for that.

[@bakeccho1924]

How popular Sholz is in Germany? How popular Biden in USA？ How popular Macron in France?😂😂😂😂😂

[@hemusbull]

That why you have opportunity and alternatives! Vote! (This doesn't apply to russians)

[@stevendefehr4393]

Trudeau in Canada?

[@stevemcgowen]

They aren’t dictators. Your Putler is…

[@lilyayusupova2932]

People can openly tell them what they are thinking about these persons. Russians and people of other dictatorial regimes - Are Not Able to do that against their rulers 🤷‍♀️

[@SirDigby3601]

@@stevemcgowen Please don't use "putler, pootin, putrid" etc to describe the president of russia. You should use his official international title. Please refer to him as wanted war criminal putin. Thanks.

[@skywillfindyou]

I'm Russia and I don't either like or dislike him.

[@slavatko]

In power for 24 years? DW doesn't know how yo count 😅 1+1=43

[@FidelCastro404]

Forget Putin.. where is Julian Assange?

[@tomatomi8041]

He's alive. Serving sentence for leaking state secrets. That law exists in russia too. Now, where is navalny???

[@renemartin5729]

Where is Julian Assange?

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

He's been rotting away in a top-security prison for exposing war crimes of the western regimes.

[@QAYWSXEDCCXYDSAEWQ]

Ukraine

[@MukadisAymen-ui8fy]

You cannot hide the hypocrisy and double standard 😂😂😂😂😂 they decide who is a hero and who it's not.....

[@W.GlobalAffairs]

​@@QAYWSXEDCCXYDSAEWQ, is Assange in Ukraine now? 😲

[@skullsaintdead]

Kremlinbot alert!

[@rogueraven7603]

Want to know about oppression? Ask Europes Farmers.

[@rodmarker2071]

Want to know about alcoholism ? ask Russian farmers

[@rogueraven7603]

@@rodmarker2071 still farming though aren’t they.

[@rogueraven7603]

@@bonnie7898 If they weren’t being screwed they wouldn’t be protesting.

[@anonymoussource701]

Drivel

[@davidcerullo7976]

Does not Putin sound like Lenin or Stalin? What do you think? That's my take 😂

[@MikeMike-cc4jk]

He sounds like a boring old lawyer-bureaucrat, it's really boring, before the crisis in Ukraine I didn't even listen to his speeches, only since 2022 I had to figure out what was in a person's head when this nonsense with Ukraine began in Russia. It seems to me that in the West he is either demonized, or, on the contrary, glorified by other forces. Yes, he boldly went against the collective West, but in speeches he is almost always the one who, according to his first education, is a dry lawyer.

[@mervinprone]

@@MikeMike-cc4jkPutin says one thing then does another. Classic KGB

[@MikeMike-cc4jk]

@@mervinprone The KGB, the old Soviet counterintelligence bureau that was shut down by the Russian people when they overthrew communist rule over them in 1991, did not work in Russia and is irrelevant. Comical references to the KGB, Shows the weak level of the education system in the West. In the KGB itself, there were specialists in various fields, field operatives, technical workers, and lawyers, like in the FBI, like in the CIA, Mr. Putin was a lawyer. Lawyers represent the majority of American politicians, and all lawyers, as a rule, in all countries, from any place of work, the KGB, the CIA, the FBI, boring insincere formal speakers. Mr. Putin has obviously tried to tell more truth than a standard lawyer-politician for 22 years, his intentions are open and obvious, for example, since 2005, he has consistently said that if NATO conducts operations to incorporate Ukraine, then there will be no Ukraine. Honestly and straightforwardly.

[@mervinprone]

@@MikeMike-cc4jk it doesn’t matter if it was shut down. Putin was in the KGB. He’s a Soviet man. That’s never going to change. Putin doesn’t get to decide Ukraine’s future. It’s a sovereign country.

[@davidcerullo7976]

@@MikeMike-cc4jk Interesting analysis! I shall consider your comment carefully! Thank you! 😊

[@mengreat6982]

The right question should be, do Russian believe N'ATO expansion is not their national security risks ?

[@mikexhotmail]

Since NATO choose to stand behind AZOV ,I think Russian surely worry about that. ps. They even brought an old one into Canadian parliament.

[@RRRR0707]

I'm from Russia. Naturally, we are well aware that NATO's aggressive expansion around Russia's borders has nothing to do with protection and democracy. This is exactly aggression in the interests of the US and UK authorities.

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

That would be a question akin to "does a bear poop in the woods"

[@wolfswinkel8906]

@@LoveLove-jg9ol why should we believe you while you claim to speak for a billion people? LOL who are these low quality bots?

[@camocas]

If Russia was worried about nato expansion, it would’ve done something when the Baltic countries joined nato as they expose a greater risk than Ukraine due to the proximity to Russia two biggest cities

[@fufu9352]

Ruusia is in such bad shape in 90s, and ask so badly even bag for, integrate themselves into Europe. That could bring a much more powerful Europe and international peace on European continent. The west(especially US) no response. How can counting on a US agent, a military axis that pretend to be defending, a military organization that should be canceled 30 years ago, can bring peace for European. no chance.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Russia never changed. Its always been a corrupt and aggressive dictatorship. Even during the 90s. Europe doesn't owe Russia a free pass to annex neighboring countries. Its not the 1930s anymore, comrade. There are no more Molotov Ribbentrop pacts to be made.

[@shqiperia60]

I ve meet Russians in germany that love him and mention him often

[@VoltronEarth]

How popular is Olaf Scholtz, amacron, Sunak and Biden?

[@wabw4h]

Biden is so popular, even the dead rise up from their graves to double vote for him.

[@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236]

@@wabw4h всё пашешь? Платят то норм? Меня возьмёте? Я тоже могу на английском писать и даже немножко на испанском 😉

[@Booz2020]

Let's Go Trudeau, Zelensky, Macron, Sunak and BRANDON 🇨🇳

[@foilhat1138]

Unlike Putin all those guys can be voted out.

[@maneshipocrates2264]

They are leaders of democratic countries where votes matter (and voters can disagree if they fail to deliver) unlike in Russia, where everybody must support pootin

[@zoomeraygun1]

I teach online to Russians. I only have about 120 people, but they despise Putin. They all want him gone but cant get him out. They say he has hijacked the Federation😂

[@valeraknyazikhin5909]

German correspondent you‘re highly welcome to visit Polar Wolf😂

[@engleharddinglefester4285]

"It doesn't matter who votes, it matters who counts the votes." -Stalin

[@VvV-bb2bg]

The main resource and basis of Russia's existence is not oil or gas. Russia's fundamental asset is its huge deposits of cheap meat marinated in poverty, immorality and alcohol. Centuries of slavery, debauchery and alcoholism, multiplied by decades of the Gulag and glorification of the prison subculture, could not but give rise to the establishment of animal-like relations between people as the norm there. One can only feel sorry for those few there who, despite everything, retained their human appearance.

[@RRRR0707]

I feel sorry for you, Ukrainian

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

So much propagandistic cliches, you're eligible as the western media brain washed poster boy.

[@user-pr1dl7qv3y]

I would call this a feature of Russia, a protective mechanism developed over centuries of invasions and wars on Russian territory. The territory of Russia is huge and rich in resources, and the number of inhabitants is only 140 million. To defend this territory, we need men with strong willed qualities, ready to endure and die, all this is in Russian culture. Western people will not be ready to live in the trenches, kill and die, because they are accustomed to a high standard of living, consumption, and are well educated, but educated people are difficult to manage! In general, at the beginning the Russians suffer losses, but then those who survive gain experience of war and become deadly weapons! In general, the West wants to wake up this sleeping bear again 🤔

[@handler007]

rusyan gulag in the 21st century

[@janeck.8695]

Well said!

[@balekesirajyawe3472]

What else could DW broadcast about President Putin??? Its obvious nothing else apart from this

[@annehersey9895]

I’ve been watching the budget releases monthly-the few items they do release show that the sanctions ARE working and especially the secondary ones recently enacted because those are affecting Russia’s friends-like China and Turkey. You can’t judge the effects by Moscow because it and St Petersburg will be the last to feel them!

[@cinorikese5890]

Putin can stand critics about his person, but not against his system

[@putinmustenduplikegaddafi2236]

Don't forget that literally millions of Russians help Putin to wage this war. Many are in the army and navy, many work for military industries, many serve in police, FSB and other oppressing bodies, etc

[@Gleb-xi2jf]

Exactly

[@putlerhuylo7608]

Many also help with money

[@jakel8627]

Probably because Russia doesn't have job opportunities.

[@ConstantChaos1]

I'm sorry are you talking about the conscripts? While its true that the orcs have committed various and uncountable war crimes it is not fair to the dead to claim they supported this. While the higher ups might have been pro putin you can't watch a single video from the Russian side of the front without seeing that if the penalty wasn't death for desertion there would be no offensive. They all need to be held to account for their crimes, but let's assign the blame accurately and not blame putin's first victims for his crimes

[@FrederikAbramson]

Many how many? Russia is 140 million people. Can you give an exact number?

[@Zockopa]

Well,the Russian Federation is not a western style democracy. But hey,the EU also isnt anywhere close being a democracy. So who is kidding who here ?

[@JohnCena-um5uo]

EU is the closest thing to democracy that we've ever had

[@Zockopa]

@@JohnCena-um5uo How is that ?

[@avengerpz]

@@JohnCena-um5uo Only on paper, In reality it doesnt matter for who you vote, same people are in power making deals with each other, even if they have different faces.

[@JohnCena-um5uo]

@@avengerpz yes, same good people who care about the society

[@Perno007]

How is the Eu not democratic?

[@Serg_Bro]

Thanks to everyone who support Ukraine! We will win together! ✌️✊🇺🇦🕊️

[@stephenhill545]

Blessings from the UK.

[@rudyd7306]

God will bless Ukraine...

[@shinishini6047]

Ukraine is advancing backwards

[@Serg_Bro]

@@stephenhill545 ✌️✊🇺🇦❤️🇬🇧🕊️

[@Serg_Bro]

@@rudyd7306 God bless you!

[@donyute4688]

Navalny? Was he competitive

[@user-sv5sl9tm7g]

Navalny was arrested several times, beaten several times, poisoned with novichok, arrested again, and killed.

[@alfos863]

Lol Navalny had 2% support at best and DW makes us believe he posed a real challenge? Don't make me laugh

[@simonyang-pe3ux]

Speaking of cold winter ,i'd like to ask Germany do u still have enough gas for heating ur house?

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Yes. Unlike most Russians.

[@julijakeit]

Russian bots working hard to keep themselves from freezing.

[@reallife7375]

Noise first warning ⚠️

[@handler007]

Finland and Sweden think putin is the best salesman of NATO.

[@Eugene-rq8kr]

I'm Russian and I like him. He is clever.

[@Dylon1981]

do not confuse "Like" with "Afraid"

[@W_Bin]

Too short. What about Chronicles. What are Navalny's wife and the other opposition doing You never cover it, one of the greatest geopolitical issues of this century.

[@forehfilms]

Every country has its own challenges…In the US, there’s homeless, drug and gun proliferation and deplorable infrastructure

[@justmynickname]

Changing Putin won't change Russia.

[@freedomm]

Yes. They say those waiting to take over are even more hardcore and think Putin is too soft.

[@evaolah7621]

People are very real and sick

[@forthecountry7920]

History would tell us otherwise, maybe do some research to that end?

[@freedomm]

@@forthecountry7920 Everybody waiting to succeed Putin is more hawkish and hardcore than Vlad. Be careful what you wish for. You might get a modern Ivan the Terrible with nukes.

[@lashachakhunashvili1399]

Yes.

[@AzeroxDoomraider]

Weird how the Russian people just accept this.

[@athiran5856]

Assange is the only meaningful opposition in the West.

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

As an Aussie I find that hysterical! Time he was released but putting him anywhere near a discussion on Navalny is disingenuous at best.

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

@@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994 Exactly, to put a man of courage and integrity anywhere near the CIA asset Navalny would be cringeworthy.

[@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994]

@@user-un3ru6dt3w Off to the Ukraine front with you now Ivan!

[@user-un3ru6dt3w]

@@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994 Why aren't you taking up arms to defend the puppet regime in Kiev? Judging by their recent whining they need you much more than Putin needs me.

[@freedomm]

@@seabreezecoffeeroasters7994 Navalny was polling at 2% in Russia. Assange has many more supporters in Western countries.

[@gaborrajnai6213]

Putin has this clout of a muzhik, a village toughguy in western sense. I think Russians actually love this character.

[@adilaa545]

Peapole go to presion in Europe. There Is no mobilization yet

[@user-sv5sl9tm7g]

If you mean "People go to prison in Europe" then yes, you are right. But not for putting flowers on a memorial to someone who was murdered by a dictator.

[@adilaa545]

@@user-sv5sl9tm7g for speaking theyre mind, in this Its more soffistcated

[@thereaper7682]

I would like to see more insights and reports on North Korea as well

[@TheRuben_music]

Since the day Putin took office i knew that this day would come.

[@marcelnowakowski945]

Putin is popular here, in Canada, too!

[@evaolah7621]

I don’t think so ❤

[@marcelnowakowski945]

@@evaolah7621 I work in Vancouver, Canada. I know quite a few people who definitely support Vladimir Putin. Myself included.

[@rahulverma1821]

Immensely you can say

[@kerrynball2734]

There are more critics that are upset Putin hasn't done more in Ukraine than there are those who would have Russia withdraw from Ukraine.

[@EK4rguy]

Can you guys do one for Ukraine ? HOW POPULAR IS ZELENSKY IN UKRAINE REALLY ?

[@SandipMajumdar-nf9mr]

Proof that they are still fighting against a superpower

[@januarywinsor]

DW 😂 try harder! Majority of Russian don't even know who Navalny was! Lol And the fact that Navalny endorsed by US, UK EU is a huge red flag.

[@S.Hunter279]

We have to take into account cultural differences before discussing the idea of X or Y country becoming a democracy. There are societies whose culture is intrinsically collectivistic. Russia is one of them, and so is China. People lack initiative, the needs of the individual are sacrificed to the common good, dissent is suppressed, and decision-making is delegated to a father-like figure or autocrat. People in the West can't imagine living in a world where their freedom would be taken away. But for the people of these collectivistic societies it must be a relief to have someone making all the big decisions, as it frees them from having to make complex moral choices which even we in the West might not be able to make correctly all the time.

[@RechtseNederlanders]

How populair are europe leaders? Dutch people dont wanna have Mark Rutte anymore , we want wilders ! and germany what about germany ?

[@tombranch2261]

Differance is, they can pick their leaders.

[@user-tq9dr7so4c]

​​@@tombranch2261 когда выбираешь между двумя одинаково плохими вариантами - сама возможность выбора не делает результат хорошим. Дело не к количестве кандидатов. А в качестве. Лучше выбирать между Путиным и никем, чем выбирать между Макроном, Шольцем, Байденом, Сунаком. Демократия -это инструмент достижения цели, а не сама цель.

[@yukil7]

You are free to vote him out. If you can’t, that’s your problem

[@ChuckPalomo]

@@tombranch2261 They can pick the options that are laid out for them by the parties, who all share the same pro US agenda.

[@RechtseNederlanders]

@@yukil7 you think thats helping?? A voted person is not directly a president. If it was that easy than wilders was now president. The left side , the green , the woke , the eu , thats the problem

[@M.Stolic]

Tell people about Gonzalo Liro.

[@raymore5256]

No she dare not mention that he n a so called democratic west. Look at them in UN about Sudan and plastestine. Shame on this bit.. Chs and sobs

[@shylanambiar4316]

Ok. Lira was a former dating coach and Russian propagandist imprisoned by the Ukrainians.

[@Pirotechnic2]

"Когда режим убивает своего противниа, это означает, что он слишуом слаб". Когда режим не убивает своего противника, это означает, что он слишком силён.

[@ernestonveadjaba1832]

THERE IS NOT ANY WESTERN LIDER THAT IS MORE CARISMATIC THAN PUTIN. THE POPULARITY OF PUTIN IS VERY HIGH . EVEN BEIN IN A WAR 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrNeversweat]

The whole world love Putin. Does the world like Macron? Biden? Olaf? Nethanyau? Trudeau? Sunak?

[@user-sv5sl9tm7g]

Rather a silly title, because in Russia it is illegal for any organization to do polling, and only the Russian government is allowed to distribute information.

[@marcusmaddox2176]

Why is the word choice : " Putin's war in Ukraine " Used ? Shouldnt that question also be considered? Is this article to inform or influence ? Is anyone using critical thinking before coming to import conclusions?

[@mishaknopkin2199]

Putin has very high popular support according to our American democratic standards. And will be elected democratically (like Trump will be). Navalny did not have any popular support but RIP to him.

[@Agent_Paul]

At least they vote in Russia. In the UK, I've seen 3 Prime ministers come into power just like that, no votes, no opinions, their parties just pick and select them, and boom, they are leading the country, regardless of the peoples opinions. In these 2 scenarios, you tell me which is a greater scam?

[@infinitelo_op]

Hi Agent Ivan, they cast a vote but they are not counted 🎉

[@elijahheyes9061]

You vote for political party in the UK, not the person. You've seen what happens to Putins challengers right ?

[@Bio54633]

In the UK, political opponents are not assassinated or jailed.

[@RRRR0707]

In the United States, Trump was forced to play false accusations. False accusations during the elections are treason, but no one has been punished. As a result, not a single American knows who is running their country right now. Who pulls the strings of a crazy grandfather.😂

[@shaharazada1]

😂😂😂😂

[@rodmarker2071]

he will do what every one does when they get old, no one is imortal . the thing is who next ?

[@PhongNguyen-nz9kz]

USSR was similar to this, everything was all good until it wasn’t.

[@darita654]

Exactly! One day we will see this house of cards fall.

[@jonatikoisuva2695]

USSR is union of countries 🤦 of course they a bound to fall at some point because of different mindset within its states.

[@jonatikoisuva2695]

@@bonnie7898 But only Russians are eligible to the President sit. Have you seen someone from Tahiti becoming president of France ? 🤔

[@kabuda1949]

Now the west has chosen the opposition leader for Russia. 🤣🤣🤣

[@felipe-vibor]

They did that also in Venezuela. What happened to Juan guaido by the way?

[@kabuda1949]

@@felipe-vibor he is in Florida🤣🤣

[@Tha-King-Arthur]

144 million people in Russia and 20 million don't agree with the war.. That's just pathetic..

[@Hereford1642]

Maybe 20 million. Did you know that Zelensky's wife refused to go to Bidens state of the nation speech because she would have to sit next to Navalny's widow? Navalny was in favour of annexing Crimea so he is not a Ukrainian hero. This is according to the Telegraph.