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Russian President Vladimir Putin worked hard to get the International Olympic Committee to award this year\u2019s winter games to Russia<\/a> and then plowed about $51 billion<\/a> to turn the Black Sea resort of Sochi, with its subtropical climate, into a fitting site. But if the Russian leader hoped to burnish his country\u2019s image, and his own, the effort has fallen short \u2014at least, with the U.S. public.<\/p>\n\n

About six-in-ten (58%) Americans expressed an unfavorable view of Putin compared with 27% who saw him favorably, according to a new Washington Post\/ABC News survey<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The poll also found that just half of Americans have a favorable impression of this year\u2019s event while 40% have an unfavorable view. By comparison, 72% of Americans had a favorable view of the 2012 summer Olympics held in London, the survey noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) tries an Olympic volunteers uniform, visiting an equipment center in Sochi on January 4, 2014. Credit: ALEXEY NIKOLSKY\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n\n

A \u00a0Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted at about the same time as the Post\/ABC News poll asked whether Americans thought it had been a mistake to award the games to Russia. The survey found that 44% of Americans thought it was a bad decision compared to 32% who saw it as a good one, with the rest expressing no opinion. Among those who thought it was a bad decision, 62% cited security concerns. (The New York Times showcased a front page story on Wednesday headlined, \u201cAn Olympics in the Shadow of a War Zone<\/a>\u201d).<\/p>\n\n

Russia also had to deal with bad publicity about Russia\u2019s anti-gay policies<\/a>, although the Pew Research survey found that, among Americans who thought holding the games in Russia was a mistake, only 4% cited that country\u2019s treatment of gays and lesbians.<\/p>\n\n

As for Putin\u2019s standing with Americans, he has presided over a chilly period of relations<\/a> with the U.S. since his return to the presidency<\/a> in 2012. A Pew Research survey<\/a> conducted last Oct. 30-Nov.6 found Russia near the bottom of a list of 12 countries when it came to how Americans viewed them. Just 32% had a favorable view of Russia, putting it just ahead of the least positively viewed country, Saudi Arabia (27%) and about the same as China (33%).<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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