We do get our share of weirdoes on FReeRepuplic. If he wants to believe Russia was once a US puppet, I’m not going to waste my time trying to disabuse him of such foolishness. I think he is ample prove of why Putin can fool and dupe a lot of Russians.
Just a minute, Putin hasn’t said that, that’s my own thoughts. And you have failed to provide a single argument against it.
I understood what he meant - Yetlsin era Russia was subservient to western interests more than it has ever been. From the Russian perspective (some Russians or most Russians in any case) that is bad and from the western perspective it was good.