When you cite the polls, like Trump did, then you're right according to the polls. My point was that he knew about the polls that showed Putin was popular with 80% of the Russian People when others weren't aware of them. And the poll he's citingl as my article states is designed in a way to offset the possibility that Russians may be "afraid". I really don't think Russians are afraid today. Maybe years ago they were but a lot of changes have occurred in Russia for the good, much of it due to Putin, so there's really no reason to still view Putin, Russia let alone the Russian People in the same context as the Cold War period which the authors of your article seem to be doing.