Do you believe that during his reign as President/Prime Minister/whatever new position he creates to keep himself in power, that Putin will be assassinated or someone will attempt to assassinate him?
Western media gives you a bad impression, go to Russia and see what their media tells people.
Nnnn, but the majority of the Russian population are homophobic, xenophobic, overly-religious (not all). It isn't exactly a good thing to be popular there .
. Even Putin with his anti-LGBT agenda loves them. When will your fave?
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