Is there anyone here who is not concerned about Supreme Leader Putin?
Besides tungsten. tungsten, how long did you live in the Ukraine?
Russia
Nothing to worry about. It just means a really good leader, like a burrito supreme is a really good burrito. Nothing but good deeds around the globe.
Alright, you made me laugh out loud there.
I’ll bet Donald thinks there’s a real ring to that
Is anyone surprised by the title of a Communist Leader?
Posted by: tungsten
He'll relinquish power when teh psychotic yan ke scum recognize international law.
LOL. I choose to read all your posts on Putin or Russia with an /s at the end.
In my perusal of Russian history, I’ve noted that whenever leaders wanted to institute reforms, they inevitably unleashed forces they couldn’t totally control with unintended consequences. Russia analyst Gordon Hahn writes: “The debate over systemic changes could provoke a split with the ruling elite. Such a split could revolve around disagreements between those who would prefer Putin stay at least until 2024 and take up a serious office or several offices under a new ‘caretaker’ president, and those who would prefer a more rapid departure, perhaps even with mid-term presidential elections and a minimal or no role for Putin under the next president.”
Putin may be keeping his options open in case those unintended consequences become too destabilizing.
That said, it seems that Putin remaining in power past 2024 would be a mistake on several levels, including handing his Western critics, who already call him a dictator, a cudgel to keep hitting him with. On the other hand, Putin may feel the threats against Russia emanating from Washington are so great that he cannot trust anyone else to lead the country through a perilous time.
https://consortiumnews.com/2020/06/30/russians-vote-on-amendments-to-the-constitution/
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This thread need Putin on a Ritz.
Posted by: KenN
This thread need Putin on a Ritz.
You sure thats the proper grammatics or punctuation there bruv?
Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus
Posted by: KenN
This thread need Putin on a Ritz.
You sure thats the proper grammatics or punctuation there bruv?
Knnn would have got it right.
Posted by: Stuminator
Posted by: aShogunNamedMarcus
Posted by: KenN
This thread need Putin on a Ritz.
You sure thats the proper grammatics or punctuation there bruv?
Knnn would have got it right.
If only I could remember to keep the Kennnns apart.
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Word....
There is no question that Putin is no liberal democrat, and Russia is ranked low in press freedom, but it’s easy to forget that Russia has never been a liberal democracy. From that vantage point, with multiple functioning opposition parties, media, and street protests under Putin, he is almost without doubt (this is hard for gut-level Russia haters to swallow) at least in relative terms the most liberal political leader in Russian history. And despite his general stupidity about most matters, Trump seems to understand that it’s in the interest of the United States to work with Putin, a position seen by others as threatening to the national security state and the war machine.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/07/13/the-russiagate-spectacle-season-2/
Posted by: tungsten
Word....
There is no question that Putin is no liberal democrat, and Russia is ranked low in press freedom, but it’s easy to forget that Russia has never been a liberal democracy. From that vantage point, with multiple functioning opposition parties, media, and street protests under Putin, he is almost without doubt (this is hard for gut-level Russia haters to swallow) at least in relative terms the most liberal political leader in Russian history. And despite his general stupidity about most matters, Trump seems to understand that it’s in the interest of the United States to work with Putin, a position seen by others as threatening to the national security state and the war machine.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/07/13/the-russiagate-spectacle-season-2/
We agree on a lot of things, but jesus fucking christ, how can you overlook a man who is changing law so he can be ruler until he dies?
You can't like Sanders and Putin. The cognitive dissonance required requires the power of a fucking black hole.
Not just any black hole - a super massive black hole.
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