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Ranita

Ranita — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

As early as the ancient Greek Age, there was a man called Aristotle who had said ” Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely”, that is precisley what goes best to decode the undercurrent running in the brain waves of this contemporary Terminator! This man seems to have just messed up what he catually wnated to do, he has gone hayware, dishevelling the entire status of Russia in the scenario of International Politics.

Steve

Steve — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Vladimir Putin cannot live without power. He is now ready to become the Prime Minister on May 8 this year. The lower house of parliament in Russia would probably approve his candidacy for the post of PM. All the best Russians...

Claire

Claire — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Putin is not a born president, one cannot find him as a dominating figure among other leading leaders in the world. He is a slight man with 5′9″ height and a retreating hairline. His hard eyes and a strained, joyless smile are his unique characteristics. He has the skill to listen others carefully and answer them logically. I like him as person.

Lee

Lee — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

He is the man who put Russia right on track with his strong and determined approach of governance. On the day when Yeltsin publicly appointed him his successor in 1999, he was not even a poster boy in Russia. The polling showed his popularity rating at two percent. Later, he proved that he was the creation of the most extraordinary projects in world of politics.

Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

We are liberals in US politics and we believe that the imperial presidency of George Bush in United States is similar to Putin’s authoritarian rule in Russia. Yet Russia is a land of paradox and shows better hope of democracy than what in US.

Burak

Burak — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

The tycoon Boris Berezovsky had supported the idea of Valentin Yumashev, a Yeltsin aide, to make Putin as President of the country. His advisers had actually turned Putin into a credible successor. They taught Putin to learn fast how to walk and talk like a president of country like Russia. They even taught him how to dress, how to behave in public also. Now people discuss about his personality and appearance, an unmasked Russian bear.

Lucas

Lucas — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Leaders like Putin who like to rule through terror thrive in conditions where there countries are targeted loathed by others. By antagonising the West Putin hopes that it will unite the Russians in patriotism and stand behind him just as leaders in former USSR did.

This is highly dangerous because the world with so many problems of its own doesn’t need another cold war. Do we need peace or a conflict situation like the 20th Century to move ahead now?

Attefeh

Attefeh — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

why do we forget that it was putin who brought russia out of economic misery and has turned it into a booming economy? common russians are well off than what they had been after the collapse of soviet union....

the country needed a strong leader and putin’s leadership brought just that. without putin russia would not have been so strong and firm now... i don’t think democracy in russia can be stifled in russia for long... so seeing the situation now the ordinary russians should not have much trouble with having him as their leader.

Francis

Francis — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Do you mean to say that countries outside of NATO and the Western Alliance should be like sheep so that they can dictate terms on other countries? Remember that if a strong country with a strong foreign policy had been during the UN resolutions on Iraq building up to the war had been there the meaningless war would have been avoided.

Russia is still not strong enough to oppose the US if the US has made up its mind to go to wars as it did in the Iraq, but there must be a counter-balance to stop American hegemony. It is good to see that Putin is shaping up Russia in that fashion.

Marcin

Marcin — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0000

the crossroads that russia stands now will define how the world will look like in the next 25 years or so. vladimir putin realises that it is now or never for russia to stand up and take a stance against western whims and fancies esp that of the US and UK.

why is putin giving sleepless nights to those countries? they realise if russia were to be like the soviet obstacle many of their nefarious ambitions would not be realised. besides, there is the growing threat of china rising too. if russia doesn’t asserts itself now it will never ever be able to do so in the future.

this man is a shrewed and calculating politician.