MOSCOW (AP) — Speaking to tens of thousands of supporters just outside the Kremlin walls, President Vladimir Putin has described Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula as a move to protect ethnic Russians and regain the nation’s “historic roots.”
[…] despite the economic downturn and a sharp devaluation of the ruble, Putin’s popularity has remained strong at more than 80 percent. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
