Alexander Finnegan
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J.D. Law, Marxist-Leninist May 9
Originally Answered: What kind of person is Putin?
1. He is a very cautious and deliberate person.
2. Willing to take large risks but only if carefully calculated, first. Once he does, he goes all in.
3. Focused on keeping Russia together, protecting it from the West, and ensuring the people of Russia and those within its orbit are safe. He was very upset by the collapse of the Soviet Union because it caused people to be left without the Russian state. They were cut adrift.
4. Sees himself as a protector and father of the nation.
5. He is non-ideological and pragmatic.
6. Cares for his family.
7. A political moderate compared to Russian hardliners like Patrushev.
8. Prefers diplomacy to war.
9. Prefers to behave in a polite a gentleman like fashion unless the opposition responds in a bad faith manner, in which case he can be as ruthless as necessary.
10. No patience for disloyalty.
11. Fairly conventional Russian male.
12. Elder statesman at the top of his game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn5O0F3ZG5A
Scott Ritter:
Vladimir Putin, I know he is reviled outside of Russia; I think in Russia right now he has a very high approval rating. But, I will tell you this as a historian....one day the history of this is going to be written, decades from now when people have lost the emotion of the moment. And when people talk about this time in the history of the world there are two leaders that are going to be mentioned by name in a positive fashion. One is China’s president Xi; the other is Vladimir Putin and I am betting that Vladimir Putin is actually elevated to being the smartest, wisest, most pragmatic, most responsible global leader. That because of Vladimir Putin the world actually avoided a major conflagration. Yes we are at war in Ukraine, yes there is a potential for different conflicts, but I think the measured way that he is leading Russia right now is actually preventing a wider conflict by giving the West a chance to destroy itself as opposed to requiring Russian forces to destroy it.