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Despite these negatives – or perhaps because of the strong hand they reveal – Putin remains popular in Russia.<ref>http://www.levada.ru/prezident.html Putin's Approval Ratings</ref> Since coming to power, Putin has expanded Russia's economy and reduced inflation. The majority of Russians are relatively uninterested in politics outside of issues affecting their personal prosperity,<ref name="The Economist, April 21, 2007"/> and journalist [[Anna Politkovskaya]] argued that the Russian people, as a whole, have been willing to tolerate violence in the name of "comfort and peace and quiet".<ref>Politkovskaya, Anna. Putin's Russia. London: Harvill Press, 2004</ref>
 
Despite these negatives – or perhaps because of the strong hand they reveal – Putin remains popular in Russia.<ref>http://www.levada.ru/prezident.html Putin's Approval Ratings</ref> Since coming to power, Putin has expanded Russia's economy and reduced inflation. The majority of Russians are relatively uninterested in politics outside of issues affecting their personal prosperity,<ref name="The Economist, April 21, 2007"/> and journalist [[Anna Politkovskaya]] argued that the Russian people, as a whole, have been willing to tolerate violence in the name of "comfort and peace and quiet".<ref>Politkovskaya, Anna. Putin's Russia. London: Harvill Press, 2004</ref>
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===="Do you even understand what you have done?" and "zones of chaos" speech====
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On September 28, 2015 Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening of the United Nations session on the Obama/Biden regime's "[[Arab Spring]]" and the creation and funding of the [[Islamic State]] terror regime, and a "zone of chaos", as he referenced it, throughout the [[Middle East]] and across [[North Africa]]:
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{{quotebox-float|"You can not play and manipulate words. Each term must have uniformly understood criteria. No one is obliged to adapt to a single model, which is considered to be the only one by someone. The export of social experiments often led not to progress, but to degradation. Export revolutions, which now someone calls democratic, continues....Human rights are no longer put into anything. I want to appeal to those who brought the situation to this: do you even understand what you have done ?! This led to the formation of anarchy zones filled by extremists and terrorists, including ISIS. But after all, ISIS did not arise out of nowhere. Many militants are former Iraqi military personnel who were literally thrown out of service after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. And also - Libyans, residents of the country where the coup d'etat took place, recruited ISIL. In addition, they are members of the so-called Syrian opposition - they are armed, trained, then they are transferred to ISIS. Terrorist organization emerged as a weapon against undesirable regimes. It aims to dominate the Islamic world and beyond.}}
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https://en.topwar.ru/83351-vystuplenie-vladimira-putina-na-yubileynoy-ga-oon.html?ysclid=lmdsnoqqpm526785872#:~:text=Human%20rights%20are%20no%20longer%20put%20into%20anything.%20I%20want%20to%20appeal%20to%20those%20who%20brought%20the%20situation%20to%20this%3A%20do%20you%20even%20understand%20what%20you%20have%20done%20%3F!%20This%20led%20to%20the%20formation%20of%20zones%20of%20anarchy%20filled%20by%20extremists%20and%20terrorists%2C%20including%20ISIS.
    
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