According to the US vice president, every independent and objective effort to assess the popularity of the Russian president "had found high levels of support among rank-and-file Russians" WASHINGTON, June 17. /TASS/. US Vice President JD Vance, in his new book, noted the high level of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin among Russians. "Every independent, objective effort to measure Putin's popularity had found high levels of support among rank-and-file Russians," he wrote in his book