How can you imagine things like this?Are you OK,people?

    So, in today's society there are many stereotypes about the Russians. Some of them are true, others - total nonsense. To understand all exactly, you have to live in Russia for at least ten years. With regard to political stereotypes, to understand them much more difficult. For example, recently Western media often discuss the problem of the political regime in Russia. It is not a secret that many people in Europe believe that Russians live under Putin’s tyranny. Of course, it's a nonsense. A competent person can immediately recall that the Russian people, proud and inflexible, never lived under the tyranny of any ruler. There was an article “Stand Up to Putin” by Robert Kagan in Washington Post, which said: “Vladimir Putin, the aspiring dictator of Russia, has forced President Bush to reveal how committed he really is to the cause of democracy around the world. Putin's decision...is an unambiguous step toward tyranny in Russia.” But in reality things are not so. 70 percent of the citizens of the country voted for Vladimir Putin in 2004. More than half of citizens wanted to nominate him as a candidate for a third term, but it was impossible for the constitution. What kind of totalitarianism can we talk about, when most loves and appreciates their president? With Putin, Russia's development progressed markedly, legal business began to flourish, citizens’ pay significantly increased (by the way, low workers wage – is another stereotype about Russian), stability in the domestic and foreign policy had occurred. Nowadays, Putin is a Russian prime minister, but he is still the subject of rumours and gossip. For example, many people on the West believe that Medvedev, the current president, only a cover for nefarious plans of Putin .Actually, to summarise, Putin is just a very popular politician in Russia and he acts accordingly. Many people in Russia truly believe that we need centralized government, because the country is too big and loose, because there are too many changes that need to be done. So Putin is just doing what the majority wants – this is pure democracy in action, whether it's good or bad is another question.