Andreas Umland: Putin’s fragile popularity

By Andreas Umland.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin makes his New Year's address to the nation in Moscow's Kremlin, Dec. 31, 2015.
Photo by AFP

One of the mantras of today's Kremlin apologists, as well as of some self-described political realists, is that current Russian President Vladimir Putin is unusually popular among Russians.

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