[EagleUSA]

Putin is commie trash -- old line KGB and that is the Russia he wants. He does not, and will not like any American President that will stand up against tyranny and communism.

[GSlob]

He [using him as a symbol for his regime],like every other government, is an adequate reflection of the socially active part of his country population. This is the old adage "every people has the government it deserves", but put in more rigorous terms. In this sense it does not matter whether it is a putin or a tupin [transposition of two consonants is no big deal], but what matters is that it is a kegebun, absolutely unavoidable [due to the prevailing social conditions] and interchangeable with any number of other kegebuns.