I bet every Russian watching this was laughing his ass off. I loved the part about Putin struggling with his ..80% popularity.<br>Amazing how much you can learn about a country and what goes on beyond  the ..wall of silence , from 10 000 km away.<br>The assertion that the inheritor state of a superpower that used to micromanage the life of its citizen near 100%, and produce everything in a big beehive economy(irrespective of being in many ways lesser effective than western states) does not have institutions is silly(not to use a heavier word).,(reply>), @Alexandré P historically Russia was about to be expansionist not when it was strong internally but weak and about to collapse. it might be some form of compensation, who knows. the cultural reset now is different from what happened 100 years ago. the anger as you say is ridiculous, I agree,(reply>), The Soviet Union crumbled and collapsed in a heap.,(reply>), nobody will be honest if they support or not Putin in Russia. the walls have ears still