I believe that is coming from the mentality of russians. The police is not to trust there. So they take the right in their own hands often enough. And criminals are often enough heroes. So they think putin is a strong person that took what he wanted and because of that they like him.
You are unable to digest the truth. So now you have started to slander the Russian citizens? Russians don't have a very short memory. They remember very well what the American puppet Boris Yeltsin has done to them. Putin was the one who kicked out all the criminal oligarchs from Russia, causing heartburn for many of the "pro-democracy" supporters from the United States.
Ah, so you simply are a fan of putin. Fine for me. Though you need to know that not everyone wants to live in a country whose legal system is following the words of the kreml. Where practically one person rules like a czar. It might be fine for others but i would not want it.
In my opinion, when someone saves you from bad persons, then you are not obliged to see that saviour as a saint. He most probably has his failures too. And surely putin has his.
And what do you say about slander? My girlfriend is a native russian and she is the best that happened to me in my life. I didn't know a girl can be that great. So don't tell me i slander russian citizens. If you don't see failures in russia then fine. But don't await that from others.