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flammadraco
What's the thing in the middle of Obama's forehead in your first pic?
flammadraco
reply to post by UxoriousMagnus
Putin is a great statesman most of the time, the way he handled the Syrian crises and defused potential military conflict with the US.
The fact he gave refuge to Edward Snowden is also a positive.
And then are times he's a complete plonker with some of his policies at home. I suppose not everyone can be perfect.
Snarl
reply to post by UxoriousMagnus
Well ... they obviously overlooked Beezzer. Had they considered the roles of ATS I'm sure he'd have been ears, tears, and a fluffy tail ahead of the Russian.edit on 522014 by Snarl because: (no reason given)
kalunom
This being a political popularity contest - I'll just say my vote would go to Putin just because he's the only one I'd like to sit and have some vodka-shots with. You know he's got some interesting stories to tell - true or not, Russian I can't understand or not - Putin wins my vote. He has to keep his shirt on though.
. Russia's got a rock star and we got Barry.
flammadraco
What's the thing in the middle of Obama's forehead in your first pic?
flammadraco
What's the thing in the middle of Obama's forehead in your first pic?
. Money shot.
flammadraco
What's the thing in the middle of Obama's forehead in your first pic?
When you say people dislike him there are two kind that do.
Internally he made some solid moves bringing the # together and saving Russia at a certain moment from collapsing further into chaos. BUT to do so he monopolised all the power, got control over all the main industries. Nowadays the need in Putin for Russia is long gone but he maintains a steel grip on the country. Why is it bad? He puts people in charge who are not good specialists in their field but rather just loyal to him. If you are loyal to him you can steal from the government without any problems. Massive corruption and inefficiency of governmental institutes are the main problems that rise because of that.
International he is disliked for several reasons. Mostly because he tries to make Russia back into international player thus he challenges US and EU interests across the globe. European and States media then proceed to bash him jut like Russian media bashes US Presidents or some EU leaders. Since common people get their news from media the image of a bad guy is there for you. (News a much more interesting if you have this "conflict" good vs. bad).
UxoriousMagnus
flammadraco
What's the thing in the middle of Obama's forehead in your first pic?
one of his famous fans
a fly