A poll on Russia's handling of the Ukraine crisis by the Berlin-based N-TV went spectacularly wrong in the channel's opinion, when the majority of its audience said "yes" to the question "Do you have understanding for Putin's policy?"
The response was indeed so baffling that the poll was wiped off the N-TV home page the same day, but not before some people managed to make screenshots of it, which they posted online.
A screenshot posted on the Facebook page of Christoph Hoerstel from Potsdam shows that 89 percent answered with a resounding "yes," with the remaining 11 percent responding with a "no." Respondents could choose only those two options.
The subsequent deletion of the controversial survey raised an important question of news coverage in the German mainstream media, which has been remarkably vocal in its disapproval of Russia's stance on Ukraine.
In February, the Ukrainian parliament backed by far-right movements ousted President Viktor Yanukovych and scheduled an early presidential election for May 25.
Moscow has described the uprising in Kiev as an illegitimate fascist coup and a military seizure of power, which resulted in it taking steps to protect ethnic Russians in Ukraine, including the reunification with Crimea.
there are MILLIONS of RUSSIANS IN GERMANY. Have seen that myself, first hand. Who do you think they would vote for? Fun fact is that these Russians there vote for Putin, pretend to have an active position, love Russia so much, yet from a distance of a few thousand kilometers... Why do they drive western cars and not find themselves a Lada mobile? Why do they not want to live in a communist society and prefer to work for money in the western countries? Why do they not want to return to their wonderful Russia if it is so much better and are well settled in Germany?? Sott editors may want to think on that one.
That the German media controllers are in essence evil, that I can admit with 2 hands. Douchebags even used to censor Youtube classical music videos for no reason, while they DO NOT own the rights of Bach's music.