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Moscow Times: Stalin’s Approval Rating Among Russians Hits Record High – Poll
A record 70 percent of Russians approve of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s role in Russian history, according to a poll published by the independent Levada Center pollster on Tuesday.
Stalin’s image has been gradually rehabilitated in the 2000s from that of a bloody autocrat to an “outstanding leader.” President Vladimir Putin has revived the Soviet anthem, Soviet-style military parades and a Soviet-era medal for labor during his presidency.
Seventy percent of Russian respondents told the Levada Center in 2019 that Stalin played a positive role for Russia. Stalin’s previous record approval rating stood at 54 percent in 2016.
A record low of 19 percent viewed Stalin’s role negatively, down from 32 percent in 2016.
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WNU Editor: The poll is here .... The perception of Stalin (Levada Center). My read of the poll is different from what the Moscow Times is saying. Some of the questions that were asked would result in even me saying yes to Stalin, such as this one .... “REGARDLESS OF THE MISTAKES AND FLAWS ATTRIBUTED TO STALIN, THE FACT THAT OUR PEOPLE WON THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP IS WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT”? What the pollster should have asked is something like this .... would you vote/support for someone like Stalin to be the leader of Russia today? On this question I can guarantee that over 95% would say no.
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