We have two pretty popular leaders, authoritarian leaders, harsh leaders who have significant support, more and more each year, mostly thanks to foreign policy, not domestic," Isayev said.
"It's the same for everyone, but it seems harsh on the leader".
In leading the Soviet Union to victory and attempting to legitimise his harsh rule, Russian leader Josef Stalin turned the war effort into primarily a Russian struggle, one that is still celebrated every May.
Research by Christian Davenport of the University of Michigan and Benjamin Appel of Michigan State University suggests that, on average, harsh repression shortens leaders' tenure.
Voters these days don't want harsh partisanship or leaders who vow to upset the status quo.
She and Probst faced harsh criticism by leaders of the governing bodies of Olympic sports, which sharpened after Chicago failed to win its bid for the 2016 Games.
Their language reflected a post-9/11 strain in the evangelical world of critical comments about Islam, including harsh words by leaders like Franklin Graham, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson.
Several other Palestinians, including an infant, were reported to have been wounded in the raid.] The removal of the West Bank outposts, ordered by Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, drew harsh criticism from leaders of the settlers, who accused the minister of trying to placate dovish members of his Labor Party ahead of a closely contested election for the party leadership next month.
According to Camus, some of the FN leaders' harsh treatment of Jean-Marie does not sit well with the honorary president's supporters, who find his chastising "ungrateful".
The United States and its allies objected strongly to Iran's participation, contending that Iran aids the Syrian leader's harsh repression of the 16-month-old uprising against him.
