The Americans who think Vladimir Putin isn’t so bad

For many Americans, Vladimir Putin is perceived of as some kind of international boogeyman, with alleged links to nefarious plots all over the world. This perception helps explain why many Americans find Donald Trump's seemingly admiring comments about the Russian president so unnerving. And yet, Trump seems unmoved by critics of this rhetoric. On Wednesday, after widespread speculation that Russian-backed hackers had helped […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/07/28/the-americans-who-think-vladimir-putin-isnt-so-bad/