I wouldn’t know as I don’t speak Russian and live in Washington, D.C., a former lawyer and senior executive with the USG to boot!
I am willing to assume you are an honest conservative since you post here. I will go into more detail than I did previously if you like on the issues. But I am willing to bet that, on all major social and economic issues, you would agree with Putin/Russia and not Obama/US. Yet you persist in damning Putin and Russia to the delight of the Marxist Left in the US and EUSSR.
Your grammar betrays you. Your English is correct to a fault.
Try adding some colloquialisms to your writing and maybe add some locally flavored jargon and slang to go along with your legend and then maybe you’ll be more convincing.
See, if you lived in Washington, D.C. then you’d just call it ‘DC’ or ‘The District’ as everyone who lives there does. And they don’t care if anyone else doesn’t understand what ‘DC’ or ‘The District’ means because if they don’t get it then they’re contemptible and not worth the effort.
You’re also missing the mix of language that’s typical of DC. It doesn’t show up in ANY of your recent posts.
Contact your Embassy in DC and ask one of their cultural attachés for some information on DC slang and jargon and then work on it.
Zhelayu udachi,moy droog!
FR has a large contingent that still lives in the Cold War. While Putin offends the sissified sensibilities of many Americans, he isn’t trying to recreate the USSR. People who should know say he aspires to be something like Peter the Great by bringing Russia back to true world power status. Some of his aspirations are reasonable and some need to be resisted (Russia needs to stay out of the Baltic countries, for example). But, then, the American government needs to be resisted in some areas, too (for example, spreading acceptance of abortion and the sodomite lifestyle). You are right, too, that Putin is actually good on some issues. But the key point is that is foolish is insisting on seeing Putin and Russia through the lens of the Cold War.