[xkaydet65]

Very true. Whether Brezhnev, Andropov, or Gorbachev the USSR in Reagan’s time had a Politburo that prevented one man rule. Present day Russia has no such ability to restrict the moves of Putin.

[Kazan]

Present day Russia has no such ability to restrict the moves of Putin.

Utter nonsense.

[Kazan]

You seem to forget that those in Soviet Union had to go to great lengths to defect.

I can give you the names of your Russians, including critics of Putin, that are on YouTube that have left.

Enough the propaganda.