I happened to stumble on an AskReddit asking: Russians of Reddit, how is Donald Trump being portrayed in your Media? There were answers from both Russians in the US and in Russia. If you're interested, I'll leave the link. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5ng6fu/russians_of_reddit_how_is_donald_trump_being/
Some of the better quotes: "Fellow Russian (ukranian, actually) here. My family all voted trump too. My parents told me it's because Clinton and the democrats were trying to rebuild the soviet union but in america." "A lot of communities of legal immigrants sympathize him because he says that legal immigration is OK and illegal immigration is not OK." "Some chose him because of the belief that Hilary would start a war with Russia. Others chose him because of his business background, and feel like he would improve the economy. Many chose him because they hate obamacare. I'm not saying the Russian community loves him or anything, but given the two options, almost all chose trump."
Man, that's some solid logic right there. Russia does have a problem with illegal immigrants, though: people from the poorer southern countries (Azerbaijan, Tajikistan etc.) come to work in Russia illegally en masse. There's a certain disdain for "churka" (a derogative term for people of skin more brown than that of a typical Russian; plural "churki") among the general population, and many people want them gone out of the country because they take jobs that most would scoff at anyway (street sweeper, janitor etc.). There are even measures to make illegal immigration from those countries more difficult. ...wait."A lot of communities of legal immigrants sympathize him because he says that legal immigration is OK and illegal immigration is not OK."
Thanks. Some of the replies were interesting, like the Mongolian guy getting Russian news in his country. Mostly everything I expected to hear, otherwise. Clinton's bad, Trump's good. Clinton = war, Trump = good businessman = good economy (somehow).