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April 8, 2021 Special Dispatch No. 9279 Levada Center Director Lev Gudkov: Putin Has No Other Choice But To Constantly Create And Maintain The Image Of The Enemy April 8, 2021 Znak.com journalist Georgy Markov sat down with the director of the Levada Center, Professor Lev Gudkov to try to make sense of a paradoxes that have emerged in the organization s surveys of Russia s citizens: Why does Putin s ratings remain high despite economic stagnation and a decline in the standard of living. How come so few Russians are willing to engage in any form of protest activity, if their situation is so dire. Gudkov explains that deep distrust in the system actually depresses protest activity, because citizens do not believe in their own effectiveness. Putin remains popular, because he is perceived as a protector against the West and for that image he must frighten the citizenry with the chimera of the West s designs against Russia. These and other insights emerge in the interview that fo

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