As some of you know I lived in Russia for a number of years, I will say that the West's general public's view of the Bear is distorted and underestimates the strength of resolve the Russian population has which is far greater than that of the NATO Countries. I listen to the evening news on Russian radio which of course is government coerced and heavily weighted in anti West rhetoric, however, I will say that over the last couple of months there has been a shift to not so strong language in support of Putin even to the point at times of not mentioning him by name. Make of that what you will.
