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Saturday, 1 October 2011

Why Is Putin Popular In Russia




Russians Cling To Putin For Fear Of Alternative -- Seamus Martin, Irish Times

LYUBOV KOMAR is not all that happy with today's Russia but she supports Vladimir Putin and she is not alone.

Lyubov's son Dmitriy was posthumously and paradoxically awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" 20 years ago for an act that helped bring the Soviet Union to an end. He defended the Russian White House against the hardliners who launched a coup d'etat against Mikhail Gorbachev and was killed while attempting to put a tank out of action in Moscow on August 20th 1991.

Lyubov may not like the new Russia but her misgivings are not political. They are simply typical of older people everywhere.

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