Putin
Thousands of students forming Putin's portrait
Vladimir Putin is credited by most Russians for lifting the country out of the depths into which the country was plunged during Yeltsin's disastrous presidency.

Putin's popularity rating currently hovers at around 90%.


Reflecting this sentiment, over 1000 students attending an event of student associations earlier this month in Chelyabinsk, Russia, stood together outside in the cold holding up white sheets of paper that, when viewed from above, formed a portrait of their president.

You can't fake this kind of enthusiasm.