Putin Named International Person of Year by Times

RIA Novosti ^ | December 30, 2013 | Staff

[Navy Patriot]

MOSCOW, December 30 (RIA Novosti) – Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been named International Person of the Year by Britain's The Times newspaper for succeeding in his ambition of bringing Moscow back to the international top table.

The paper said Putin, 61, a judo black belt, has hip-flipped US President Barack Obama on the Syrian crisis, wrestled the EU to the ground on Ukraine, tripped up the opposition at home and rescued weaker team players such as President Assad of Syria and Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower, who was given asylum in Russia.

Also this year, Putin, who served two four-year presidential terms and could run for president again in 2018 when his third term ends, became the world's most eligible bachelor, having divorced his wife Lyudmila after 30 years of marriage.

[Navy Patriot]

This is The Times, London, not Time magazine.

[colorado tanker]

The ought to give credit to the guy who did the most to put Russia back on top - Barack Hussein Obama.

[ETL]

Good grief, how stupid some folks are. They probably also admire Che Guevara and Mao.

[mountn man]

LOL...True.

[Huskrrrr]

They have a real man.....while we have America’s first Gay President.

[ETL]

You got that right.

[ETL]

They have a real man....

A reeeeeal man... LOL.

Here you go...

Perhaps you can print it out and hang it on your wall.

[ETL]

This is The Times, London, not Time magazine.

Might as well be Time Magazine, or even the NY Slimes. They all basically think alike.

[SunkenCiv]

Vladimir Putin: The Times International Person of the Year
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/europe/article3960759.ece

Magnus Carlsen: Times Young person of the year
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/uk/article3959541.ece

Pope Francis: The Times 2013 person of the year
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article3958231.ece

and besides the Times:

Pope named Person of the Year by Time
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/faith/article3946325.ece

[cincinnati65]

Hate to give the guy credit, but let’s face it. If it weren’t for Putin, we’d probably be up to our neck in a Syrian War right now.

[DoughtyOne]

They’ve got Vlad.

We’ve got..., well..., Sad.

[Navy Patriot]

Good grief, how stupid some folks are. They probably also admire Che Guevara and Mao.

Yeah, I'm sure ya see Che and Mao tee shirts on people all over in Russian society, I think I'll Google it to make sure...

...

...oh, wait....never mind.

[AlexW]

“Good grief, how stupid some folks are. They probably also admire Che Guevara and Mao.”
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Stupid?, not at all. Regardless of what you think of Russia, Putin is a REAL man, a complete opposite of Obumbo.

[ETL]

Symposium: To Kill a Russian Journalist
By Jamie Glazov
FrontPageMagazine.com | November 17, 2006

The murder of internationally renowned Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya in early October 2006 was yet another troubling sign of Russia’s retreat into its totalitarian past. Today Frontpage Symposium has gathered a distinguished panel of experts to discuss why Anna Politkovskaya was killed and what the tragic loss of her life symbolizes about the direction in which Vladimir Putin’s Russia is heading.

http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=1490
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'PUTIN'S RUSSIA' by Anna Politkovskaya:
http://www.amazon.com/PUTINS-RUSSIA-ANNA-POLITKOVSKAYA/dp/1843430509
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List of journalists killed in Russia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia#A_list_of_journalists_killed_in_Russia

[17th Miss Regt]

This is clearly a racial attack upon the Messiah. More of the Rising Tide of Racism in America Britain (trademark still pending)

[Huskrrrr]

“Stupid?, not at all. Regardless of what you think of Russia, Putin is a REAL man, a complete opposite of Obumbo”

Exactly.

[Navy Patriot]

If it weren’t for Putin, we’d probably be up to our neck in a Syrian War right now.

I was wondering when someone would notice.

[ETL]

Putin is a REAL man, a complete opposite of Obumbo.

In terms of toughness and intelligence, I agree. But they both basically have the same evil worldview. A stronger Russia and a substantially weaker US.

[mountn man]

The problem is that there are no other players on the world stage.

We have gone from the Reagans and Thatchers to the Obamas and Bidens.

In Bizarro World, even a thug like Putin looks good.

[chiefqc]

What has mac daddy done for America?

The things he has done are:

Increased our debt
Increased the unemployment>
Shut down a source of natural resource - Coal Plants
Cut back on the military
Gave billions of the tax payers money to our ementies in the mid east
Gleefully supported the killing of the unborn
ignored the constitution whenever it didn’t agree with him
Gleefully supported gays and lesbians
lost all respect from world leaders with his lying
Lied to the American people on a daily basis
Never take responsibility for failure, but take credit for anything that proves right
Etc, Etc, Etc..