“Would you have the NYT spike stories that don’t seem flattering to Putin?”
No and I do not see how that idea would follow from what I said.
This article was like if some hold-my-beer hillbilly bros did something dumb and the NY Times used to to show how Trump’s America has problems and that it somehow impacts on Trump’s leadership.
It’s nonsense.
And if you think I am one of those Putin lovers, like there are so many here, I am not.
Putin wants to run a near totalitarian state. He calls the shots in Russia. He should be the one who is able to turn Russia around, if so. He doesn’t seem to be doing any better than the Soviets did, however.