Putin isn’t my idea of a decent leader by a long shot.
None the less, he doesn’t trash his own nation and citizens while abroad. That seems a pretty decent start to me.
Of course him holding power for going on seventeen years isn’t what I’d call reasoned.
He’s a power hungry little soul, but at least he cares about his nation even if himself first.
+1
I hate to be seen as praising Putin the dictator, but he does have some honor compared to Obama.