~I spoke with a Russian woman tonight. She has been here 15 years and is very thankful. “More opportunity, but you have to be willing to work hard.”~
I’m there too, and couldn’t agree more. Sharp contrast to communist and post-communist Yeltsinist mob rule before him.
There are issues for sure and it would likely change for worse to some degree (sanctions etc) but I’m certainly better stick to Putin than any commie or liberal counterpart which will certainly emerge if something would happen to Putin.
You could have a “Pray for Putin” thread. I’m sure you’d have a lot of Putinistas sharing the love for him.
Sounds like our Democratic party and quite a few "Republicans". People naturally prefer capitalism.