Why don't the Russian people rise up against Putin?

Imagine Donald Trump delivering on all his promises, with jobs reappearing in industrial regions, cities becoming safer and in most cases prettier, terrorism disappearing as a daily threat. read more

Russians don’t rise up against Putin because he is a good leader and because he’s good to them. His popularity is not contrived or a function of pollsters only polling people that are likely to support him. read more

Putin built up his power by fascistic methods. He ignored the constitutional rights of Russian citizens. In Russia, police beat up those taking part in mass protests in Moscow and St. Petersburg. That smells of fascist methods to me. read more