[Navy Patriot]

It is a bit long, but have a little patience and read it through, it is worthwhile.

[exDemMom]

I went back and read the entire article, at your suggestion. It does say some interesting things, but I still think it goes a bit far in claiming that conservatives generally admire Putin.

I found this quote from the article particularly interesting:

There are two things Putin did that cemented the loyalty of Solzhenitsyn and other Russians—he restrained the billionaires who were looting the country, and he restored Russia’s standing abroad. Let us take them in turn.

I recently went to Mongolia. Apparently, they have a rich kleptocrat class that is exploiting their country, too. Probably it is the same dynamic as in Russia, but the Mongolians do not yet have a strong leader who is able to stand up against the kleptocrats.