Things aren't looking so strong for Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on his home front. As Russia callously props up the brutal Marxist Maduro dictatorship in Venezuela, presumably to get repaid on billions in loans from the socialist hellhole, as well as to take a slap at us, Putin is neglecting Russia's economy back home, prompting some scary reports about Russian poverty and a new report that Russians want to flee. Here's what U.S. News & World Report has about desire to leave: A NEW HIGH OF one-in-five Russians say that, if they could, they would like to leave their country. According to a new Gallup poll, in 2018, 20% of Russians wanted to permanently move to another country, an increase from 17% in 2017.  The increase may be of concern to the country, which experienced a population decline last year for the first time in a decade. Here's what Newsweek had to report about Russian...(Read Full Post)