If there is no Putin, there is no Russia - First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Vyacheslav Volodin, used the phrase "If there's Putin - there's Russia, if there's no Putin - there's no Russia, " to convey the feelings of almost 90 percent of Russian citizens, Dmitry Badovsky, the head of the Institute of Socio-Economic and Political Studies said : English pravda.ru

For the Russian people Putin symbolises Russian resolve and strength 

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