Putin’s Scare Tactics
Even as Russia’s economy collapses, President Vladimir Putin retains an 85% approval rating. Putin has been able to take advantage of the fact that, though Russians fear their government, they fear being left to fend for themselves even more.
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COSTA SMERALDA, SARDINIA – “Every nation gets the government it deserves,” observed Joseph de Maistre, the Sardinian kingdom’s diplomatic envoy to the Russian empire, some 200 years ago. He was commenting on Russians’ deep-seated political apathy – a trait that persists to this day.