I’d say his leadership is in question if it depended on a high oil price.(the “be more flexible” jibe falls on indifferent ears with me, perhaps try your compatriots with that line)
His popularity amongst Russians, despite his impending broken promise of prosperity in exchange for allowing him to be a hard leader, doesn’t make him a great leader in my eyes. That’s what I am referring to. He is without a doubt intelligent, but seriously flawed. Yet he has the admiration of many conservatives the world over and especially in your country.He concerns me, for sure, but I do not admire him. The “be more flexible” jibe was clearly aimed at Obama supporters: I don’t have the vote in the US. Any lustre he may have had with me was lost with his drone programme (you might recall the protests I had against it on this forum way before liberals in your country started to speak against it, too. ).
I’m surprised Russia Today would put his popularity at a lower level than elsewhere, RT is pretty much a propaganda machine for Putin and his vision of/for Russia. Show me where RT & this other survey contradict each other.
Then RT is a lousy propaganda mouthpiece. I’ll re-evaluate my complete distrust of RT to just mistrust. RT should look up to Levada for its figures. Or perhaps its English edition knows anyone outside Russia would know an 80+% poll would be bs.
Poll: 81 percent back Putin even as ruble falls
“And yet most Russians see Putin not as the cause, but as the solution.
The situation as seen from a Russian point of view is starkly different from that painted in the West, and it is driven largely by state television’s carefully constructed version of reality and the Kremlin’s methodical dismantling of every credible political alternative.”
We shall see how his leadership fares in the new year; or how well his spinning works within Russia.
Dtroutma over 9 years ago
Hmm, the outline of the Kremlin does represent exactly what the cartels (including U.S.) have done to oil prices for decades to control nation-states.
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
I’m sure he’ll pull out a skinned rabbit or a bear from his other pocket. This is a leader conservatives all over admire. Great.
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
I’d say his leadership is in question if it depended on a high oil price.(the “be more flexible” jibe falls on indifferent ears with me, perhaps try your compatriots with that line)
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
His popularity amongst Russians, despite his impending broken promise of prosperity in exchange for allowing him to be a hard leader, doesn’t make him a great leader in my eyes. That’s what I am referring to. He is without a doubt intelligent, but seriously flawed. Yet he has the admiration of many conservatives the world over and especially in your country.He concerns me, for sure, but I do not admire him. The “be more flexible” jibe was clearly aimed at Obama supporters: I don’t have the vote in the US. Any lustre he may have had with me was lost with his drone programme (you might recall the protests I had against it on this forum way before liberals in your country started to speak against it, too. ).
I’m surprised Russia Today would put his popularity at a lower level than elsewhere, RT is pretty much a propaganda machine for Putin and his vision of/for Russia. Show me where RT & this other survey contradict each other.
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
Then RT is a lousy propaganda mouthpiece. I’ll re-evaluate my complete distrust of RT to just mistrust. RT should look up to Levada for its figures. Or perhaps its English edition knows anyone outside Russia would know an 80+% poll would be bs.
Poll: 81 percent back Putin even as ruble falls
“And yet most Russians see Putin not as the cause, but as the solution.
The situation as seen from a Russian point of view is starkly different from that painted in the West, and it is driven largely by state television’s carefully constructed version of reality and the Kremlin’s methodical dismantling of every credible political alternative.”
We shall see how his leadership fares in the new year; or how well his spinning works within Russia.
OmqR-IV.0 over 9 years ago
I still do not understand why conservatives admire Putin. You have not explained this to me.