Demographically—arguably the only measure that matters—the Putin regime has been a disaster for Russia.
When I look into Putin’s eyes I am a bit frightened I must say. Ditto in spades for Obama’s eyes.
Move to Antarctica?
~Demographically—arguably the only measure that matters—the Putin regime has been a disaster for Russia.~
LOL. You have certainly missed centuries of feudal despotism, seven decades of full communism and a decade of gang wars there. By all objective accounts Putin’s regime is the best thing happened there in millenias.
Demographically, the people of Russia are not up to the task of living in the 21st century and no amount of effort by Putin can change that fact. Those that are , are leaving the mass behind.
Russia was given the opportunity but blew it.
China was given the opportunity, the people embraced it and are successfully making the transition from Chicoms to Chicaps