MOSCOW, August 9 — RIA Novosti. In Germany and Austria, the level of support for President Vladimir Putin and Russia is high, he wrote columnist Gerhard Lechner in the Wiener Zeitung newspaper.
«But where does this strange kindness towards Putin and Russia, which is particularly great in the German-speaking space come from? Of course, Putin impresses the right with his criticism of the ultra-liberal gender politics, and the left with anti-NATO rhetoric,» Lechner said.
