Many do like him over there and the number one reason I've heard from locals is that he's a strong leader that loves the country and puts it first. Many also believe things would have been much worse for Russia post-Soviet Union without his strong pro-Russia leadership. There's definitely propaganda that covers his negatives over there too, but you'd think he's the most corrupt leader in the world by our media. Xi and all the globalist leader scum are much more evil and dangerous.