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What is your opinion of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin?

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/poy/vvp_landing.jpg

Wasn't he the Time magazine Man of the Year? (http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1940/1101400101_400.jpg)

What is your opinion of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin?

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/poy/vvp_landing.jpg
He looks like a corpse there.

i think russia is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fredeoms and doesnt afraid of anything.

My opinion is rather negative about him, Russia seems to attract bad leaders/dictators like shit attracts flies.
The people are called Slavs. Hint enough? we had to drop the e for PC reasons.

My opinion is rather negative about him, Russia seems to attract bad leaders/dictators like shit attracts flies.

The people are called Slavs. Hint enough? we had to drop the e for PC reasons.
The Poles and Czechs will get mad at you and throw pies at you!

The people are called Slavs. Hint enough? we had to drop the e for PC reasons.
You got that backwards dearie. Move that cute ass of yours and go check the facts. I'm assuming that you're cute because I don't believe fate is that cruel.

You got that backwards dearie. Move that cute ass of yours and go check the facts. I'm assuming that you're cute because I don't believe fate is that cruel.

I'm pretty confident he was jesting. You know, with a witty play on words and innuendo.

I could be wrong.

I think Putin views himself as the man to rebirth the USSR, and he probably will eventually. His presidential term was filled with changes that made the budding society revert back to its Communist ways and tensions with the US over social and economic issues are back on a high. Not to mention the fact that he reinstated long rang bomber missions on a regular basis, something that hasn't been done since the Cold War. They weren't armed or a threat to the US physically, but the rhetoric and precedent sent by these training missions was incredibly negative.

Secondly, not that his presidency is come to term, he will probably be the next Prime Minister of Russia. He just won't leave power. That is always a bad sign, when a man gains power and then will do anything to hold on to it. Mind you it's perfectly legal under their governmental system, but it still festers upon the international community. Especially because he basically picked the next president and put HIMSELF into that position. Things don't look good for Russia joining the US as a permanent ally, but we'll have to see what happens.

I think Putin views himself as the man to rebirth the USSR

Nah, IMHO not so much "USSR" but "Russia as an empire". While he's happy to say things like the-greatest-geopolitical-tragedy-of-XX-Century-stuff, he's not less eager to rejuvenate pre-1917 elements.

Wasn't he the Time magazine Man of the Year? (http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1940/1101400101_400.jpg)

Yes. Al Gore made second.

I think he likes to kiss little boy's stomachs.

i think russia is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fredeoms and doesnt afraid of anything.

Not afraiding is what I look for in my candidates..

hes Russia's reaction to the disaster that has been the post-Soviet era

of course he has managed to keep Chechnya awful quite but I don't think we will get any statues being erected in the streets

Bah. The only bad thing about him is the rep he gets across the world for not bending over backwards to please and pander America like the rest of the UN. More power to him, I say.

More power to him, I say.
He has had absolutely no problem grabbing it himself so far. As to bad things about him, off the top of my head:
- bathing Chechnya in blood to stop insurgence and creating a terrorist threat for the whole country
- strangling the freedom of the press
- gradually taking away the freedom to congregate
- reintroducing the bureaucracy of mediocre and passive, but loyal drones
- using the vast resources made available by the current oil crisis to boost military spending instead of strenghtening the economy
I'm not even going into things that are bad for the neigbouring countries and the world - the above is bad for Russia.

I'm pretty confident he was jesting. You know, with a witty play on words and innuendo.

I could be wrong.
I would have loved to see that through, but I'm afraid you are mostly right. Mostly, because they need stern hand... children as they are...
and
I'm assuming that you're cute because I don't believe fate is that cruel.
How could me being cute be dependant on your beliefs..?

Bah. The only bad thing about him is the rep he gets across the world for not bending over backwards to please and pander America like the rest of the UN. More power to him, I say.

Bah. He just wants the UN to please and pander him. We really don't need a second Cold War. The first one could have easily started a nuclear war (and almost did with the Cuban Missile Crisis).

I would have loved to see that through, but I'm afraid you are mostly right.
Ah, so it was supposed to be a witty play of words. I'll remember that to use it someday, perhaps. As a negative example.

Mostly, because they need stern hand... children as they are...
I hope you don't have children. I will not comment on the rest of your statement, it being doubtlessly another jewel from your bottomless chest of tasteless jest.

How could me being cute be dependant on your beliefs..?
Just my supposition. I'm an optimist, you see, and I hope that the fate compensated your taste and/or intellect with good looks at the very least.

What is your opinion of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin?

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/poy/vvp_landing.jpg

He looks like Patrick Stewart on drugs. *nod*

Ah, so it was supposed to be a witty play of words. I'll remember that to use it someday, perhaps. As a negative example. Oh please use it, you need that if those in the post above are your negatives.

I hope you don't have children. I will not comment on the rest of your statement, it being doubtlessly another jewel from your bottomless chest of tasteless
jest.
Well I have been trying to have children with my highschool sweetheart for 14 years now withou a result, so your words insult us none, as I'm just an internet personality and do not care.


Just my supposition. I'm an optimist, you see, and I hope that the fate compensated your taste and/or intellect with good looks at the very least.The 'fate' has been generous on looks and intellects department, thank you.

I still believe I'm agreeing with you about Putin. GO figure.

Putin is made out to be too much of a bogeyman. I don't approve of any politician, but at the very least he serves as a counterbalance to the US and its foreign policy.

Bah. The only bad thing about him is the rep he gets across the world for not bending over backwards to please and pander America like the rest of the UN. More power to him, I say.

More like bending over forwards.

Oh! The new Secretary General of the KPSS! Under a new name, of course.

Putin? Pretty much, I hate him. Along with the other hundred-odd dictators in this world (although, his is tyranny by majority, which makes me despair at the average IQ of Russia :()

116 as tested in 2007.


The point is that certain people just HAVE to feel superiority.

Well, ya know, you get out of your country what you Putin.
;)

He should be a Communist and not United Russia, which is nothing without him.

What is your opinion of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin?

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2007/poy/vvp_landing.jpg

Considering how his last name is pronounced, I really think he should change it to a raspberry sound (e.g. "Vladimir PHHTHTTHT!").

LMAO :p

Well, ya know, you get out of your country what you Putin.
;)

You sir, deserve a cookie *hands you a cookie*

Considering how his last name is pronounced, I really think he should change it to a raspberry sound (e.g. "Vladimir PHHTHTTHT!").

LMAO :p
Oh, I'm pretty sure they are aware of pronunciation. The Putin-youth are called Nashi after all.
Naši jugend in German.

I think he likes to kiss little boy's stomachs.

Now that is just creepy.

Also, has anybody noticed the physical similarities between putin:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2001/07/20/putin.GIF

and the Mike Myers character, Dieter:

http://blogs.chron.com/beltwayconfidential/snipshot_myers.jpg

Coincidence?

I still believe I'm agreeing with you about Putin. GO figure.
I still believe your joke about Slavs was in bad taste. It made me angry. But for crossing the line, I'm going to shut up for a while and maybe think a little more before posting in anger. And perhaps slap myself with a dead carp several times.

Also, has anybody noticed the physical similarities between putin:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2001/07/20/putin.GIF

and the Mike Myers character, Dieter:

http://blogs.chron.com/beltwayconfidential/snipshot_myers.jpg

Coincidence?

He has already been compared to that elf-pixie-thing from "Harry Potter II: The Movie" :)

I still believe your joke about Slavs was in bad taste. It made me angry. But for crossing the line, I'm going to shut up for a while and maybe think a little more before posting in anger. And perhaps slap myself with a dead carp several times.

Not to worry, Pisces Pummeler!

His joke wasnt in bad taste.

Slavs taste great, you just have to add lots of paprika when you cook...them...Uh, what were we talking about?

Slavs taste great, you just have to add lots of paprika when you cook...them...Uh, what were we talking about?
Meh, after a while everybody tastes like chicken. I mean, everything.

I think he's great. Russia is becoming essentially Tsarist again - hurrah for the crazy kind of absolutist rule that follows!

The whole Yukos thing was particularly comical.

"Can we see our lawyers, please?"
"You'd have to afford them first"
"We have billions of Roubles for this kind of thing"
"No, we froze your assets"
"WTF?"
"lololol"

KGB

Some things never change.

I think Putin is what Russia needs. Although I may not like some of his policies from a human rights point of view, he has succeeded in stabilizing Russia and cracking down on corruption within the government. And, most importantly, he has the support of the Russian people; it doesnt matter what we think, its what they think that counts

You sir, deserve a cookie *hands you a cookie*

Hurrah!
*divides cookie among the masses but steals all the rest of their stuff*

Well, ya know, you get out of your country what you Putin.
;)

:eek: Bad Bann-ed, very bad :rolleyes:

Now that is just creepy.
But also true: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5uWEaKLzwUg

I think Putin is what Russia needs. Although I may not like some of his policies from a human rights point of view, he has succeeded in stabilizing Russia and cracking down on corruption within the government. And, most importantly, he has the support of the Russian people; it doesnt matter what we think, its what they think that counts

So you would support something say like interference in the surrounding countries politics, trying to make them subortinate (don't know the spelling) to the will of Russia? cause thats kinda what he's trying to do. A lot of dictators get the support of the people at first.

So you would support something say like interference in the surrounding countries politics, trying to make them subortinate (don't know the spelling) to the will of Russia? cause thats kinda what he's trying to do. A lot of dictators get the support of the people at first.

No worse than what other countries have done in the past, and continue doing now. The only difference is that Putin doesn't hide it as much.

Putin's the kind of leader that traditional Russians like; strong, stable and capable. With the fall of the USSR, 'democracy' as most Russians see it, was simply a western ploy to rob Russia of its riches, while gangsterism ran rampant.

Putin is replacing a sense of nationalistic pride in Russians. To many, they are getting the best of both worlds; an increase in standard of living through capitalism, and a strong guiding hand through an authoritarian leader. Whether or not the west likes him is immaterial. Russia will take its place as a regional leader once again, and most Russians will live generally happier lives.

They'll just be living in a state with tightly controlled media. They, like China, will face interesting times with the advent of free flow of information; cell phones, internet, etc. There is already a liberal element to Russia, just a small voice in a crowd that prefers a more conservative environment.

Hurrah!
*divides cookie among the masses but steals all the rest of their stuff*

:O Grr... Why, you little...
*Comical theme music starts*

No worse than what other countries have done in the past, and continue doing now. The only difference is that Putin doesn't hide it as much.

There aren't really that many countries that interfere in the politics of bordering nations anymore, except for maybe china. Putain takes away democracy from the country, essentially says that he wishes to get back all lands that Russia has lost, continues to slaughter chechens daily and has a nuclear arms hold the likes of which could blow the world to infinity, runs a fachist like government that takes away the tenants of free speech and freedom of the press and yet you support him?

Putin's the kind of leader that traditional Russians like; strong, stable and capable. With the fall of the USSR, 'democracy' as most Russians see it, was simply a western ploy to rob Russia of its riches, while gangsterism ran rampant.

Putin is replacing a sense of nationalistic pride in Russians. To many, they are getting the best of both worlds; an increase in standard of living through capitalism, and a strong guiding hand through an authoritarian leader. Whether or not the west likes him is immaterial. Russia will take its place as a regional leader once again, and most Russians will live generally happier lives.

They'll just be living in a state with tightly controlled media. They, like China, will face interesting times with the advent of free flow of information; cell phones, internet, etc. There is already a liberal element to Russia, just a small voice in a crowd that prefers a more conservative environment.
Sounds like fachism. Guess we've got to bring back the gulag for this literal police state (run by ex-Kgb members). I value the opinions of the surrounding countries of russia who are going to bear the brunt of increased russian aggression and attempts to make their neighbors into puppet states.

Not to worry, Pisces Pummeler!

His joke wasnt in bad taste.

Slavs taste great, you just have to add lots of paprika when you cook...them...Uh, what were we talking about?

After awhile they kinda taste burnt thanks to some sort of slash and burn policy...:rolleyes:

He looks like Patrick Stewart on drugs. *nod*

We need to reach the late night munchies bar before the Ameri... I mean Romulans!

http://i15.tinypic.com/8azq8ht.gif

Engage.

We need to reach the late night munchies bar before the Ameri... I mean Romulans!

http://i15.tinypic.com/8azq8ht.gif

Engage.

I think I love you. :fluffle:

I think I love you. :fluffle:

I live to make poorly photoshopped (well, MS Paint/Jasc Animationshopped) pictures :p

After awhile they kinda taste burnt thanks to some sort of slash and burn policy...:rolleyes:

The Russian military seems to love scorched earth tactics.

HEs just a Russian super-nationalist. Thats all. He just wants to make Russia a great big country again. Unfourtunatley, that may mean he argues with the U.S. and stomps on smaller countries...

In America you can vote out out your national leader.
In nationalist Russia, Putin votes out YOU!

Sorry, I just had to post that.

In America you can vote out out your national leader.
In nationalist Russia, Putin votes out YOU!

Sorry, I just had to post that.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b8df22b3127cceb359248ba82700000026100IYsmrNo2csf

In America you can vote out out your national leader.
In nationalist Russia, Putin votes out YOU!

I'm tempted to recall Bertold Brecht's comment about the East German government in the wake of the 1953 uprising "dissolving the people and electing another".

Also, has anybody noticed the physical similarities between putin:

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2001/07/20/putin.GIF

and the Mike Myers character, Dieter:

http://blogs.chron.com/beltwayconfidential/snipshot_myers.jpg

Coincidence?

Except he says "You will touch my monkey." People who refuse to either vanish or end up clicking on a geiger-counter.

Well, ya know, you get out of your country what you Putin.
;)

That was so awful that I considered completely banning you from Nationstates entirely.


:p

He has what russia needs and wants, a strong government. However I think that before he brings his millitary out of the 1960s, he should improve his economy so he can support it.

He has a strong government...

What does that mean in Russia?

He has a good divvy managemant? - Of course, worth 40 billion.

All the parts of the country he runs follow the center gov't? - Not bloody likely. It's all local kingpins for themselves.

He has a grip of media, legistlature and hordes of people fed to believe he is the best and only future for Russia? - Sure. The 1st thing he assured.