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81% approval: Putin cruising to easy reelection

By Paul Bedard

Published March 29, 2017 6:05pm ET

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81% approval: Putin cruising to easy reelection — Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, inspect a cavity in a glacier on the Arctic Franz Josef Land archipelago in Arctic Russia, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Russia has sought to strengthen its foothold in the Arctic amid intensifying rivalry for the region's rich natural resources between polar countries.(Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) | Alexei Druzhinin

The economy is a bear and he just faced the biggest national protest of his reign, but Russian President Vladimir Putin looks like he will cruise to reelection a year from now, according to a survey of Russian voters.

Putin, generally described in the U.S. press as a tyrant and killer, enjoys 81 percent approval, among the highest ratings he’s had in a decade, according to Gallup.

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