The Putin worship here by some is pathological. They can’t defend him so they make this about Zelensky.
“The Putin worship here by some is pathological. “
Either that or paid for.
It doesn’t have to be about anyone. But regardless of that:
Putin is pretty much unquestionably the greatest leader Russia has had. You could even extend that to the Soviet Union. Seriously, it’s not even close. He has elevated them via the overwhelming power of oil (his degree is in mineral economics) far above where they were in the Soviet days. Yeltsin, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Krushchev, Stalin . . . he’s lightyears better for Russia than all of them.
His replacement would be Medvedev, the guy who threatens nuclear war every other day. The only alternative to him would be Igor Sechin, long standing Putin friend and presently CEO of Rosneft.
Putin policies have propelled Russia to prominence in space, too, with Soyuz the only launch vehicle to carry astronauts to the ISS for 10 yrs (and that includes American astronauts when the Shuttle program was ended with no substitute).
So the hatred of what is going on in Ukraine should not deceive people into thinking Putin has been a disaster for Russia. It’s quite the opposite.
Uh…this article is about Zelensky. Your Gaytor friend is the one who started screeching about Putin.
It is possible to dislike and mistrust both Zelensky and Putin. They’re both scumbags.
Disliking and mistrusting Zelensky doesn’t make a person a “Putin worshiper.”