LordAshur
Banned
You seem awfully sure that someone else could have done a better job. Why is he so popular in Russia if he is pure evil as you like to see him? I think you underestimate the difficulties of ruling a post-privatisation Russia. Your country (like mine) also had a privatisation in the 90s, but the wild ambitions of our local oligarchs were always more or less contained by our foreign masters (mostly Germany, as the US doesn't really care what the local economy is like). Russia didn't have a stabilising influence from the outside. It had the exact opposite. Plus the general chaos of a post-socialist society.
But no, Putin is evil because Russia isn't perfect. Whenever bad things happen in Russia - who is to blame? Putin! When good things happen, who gets the credit? The democratic opposition, western partners, the fairy godmother, anyone except for the accursed Putin!
Russophobic propaganda has 200+ years of history. It would be strange if it wasn't an art form by today.
But no, Putin is evil because Russia isn't perfect. Whenever bad things happen in Russia - who is to blame? Putin! When good things happen, who gets the credit? The democratic opposition, western partners, the fairy godmother, anyone except for the accursed Putin!
Russophobic propaganda has 200+ years of history. It would be strange if it wasn't an art form by today.