President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin MINSK, Apr 2 Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin is a brand of Russia. «We still have a brand — Putin. This is really true. We have absolutely unique support for him,» Peskov said in an interview with the Belarus 1 channel, answering a question about the brand of Russia. Asking a question, as an example, a Belarusian journalist noted that the press secretary of the President of Belarus, Natalia Eismont, had previously jokingly called dictatorship the brand of the republic. Peskov said that the level of support for the Russian president since the start of the military special operation in Ukraine has grown significantly and «left beyond 80%.» Probably, even experts — political scientists and sociologists — will agree with me: to be in power for almost 22 years in one position or another and have more than 80% of the population's support — this can be entered in the Guinness Book of Records. This is a huge level of support. And the president enjoys this support, draws strength from this support and takes decisive action,» the Russian leader's spokesman added.
