Putin is an incompetent who has destroyed the Russian economy. Instead of permitting a market economy to develop, he chose to create a Kleptocracy.
Yup. It amazes me to see so many on this board that think Putin is the cat's meow just because he doesn't respect Obambi. Russia had a historical opportunity to become an economic powerhouse, but instead lapse into government gangersterism and Putin has made it worse. They can't even produce a decent loaf of bread. Putin is not our friend.
Well, I guess your preferred guy was drunken Yeltsin.
Sure, he was bound to give Russia away to the west...
Your man, eh?
>Putin is an incompetent who has destroyed the Russian economy. Instead of permitting a market economy to develop, he chose to create a Kleptocracy.
They tried a free market system and all that happened US connected oligarchs cornered the market and strangled Russia. Russia’s always been a corrupt half savage state but living conditions for the average Russian have increased greatly since Putin took over. Ask any Russian about life in the 90s vs since Putin took over. Everyone I’ve met praise Putin to the skies for what he did.
Something I came to accept when I accepted nationalism is that each state’s people are different from each other. Some do very well with market style economies and others do better with semi-corrupt but family based systems. There is no one size fits all system out and we need to let states pick their own best system. States that pick well will prosper and states that pick poorly will suffer, but all should be given the right to choose.