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Eastern Europe is done for

Regardless of how you feel about this man, he’ll go down in history as one of the twisted minds in modern political history

Why lol

He brought Russia back to the Global stage after Yeltsin’s fiascos, built more on their military, built a sphere of influence in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, took over Crimea, stayed in power for over 22 years, persuaded most Russians into supporting him, destroyed dissidents, lined the pockets of his friends and made Russia a world power.

lmaoooo

Plus he also divided Republicans and Democrats even more than they usually are, sounds like a pretty successful job to me

what comes after putin is in all likelihood scarier. in relative terms he's a pretty moderate figure in russia.

if someone with the mind of aleksandr dugin succeeds him, s*** is going to be ugly

Who is that

Aleksandr Gelyevich Dugin is a Russian political a***yst and strategist known for his fascist views. He reportedly has close ties with the Kremlin and the Russian military although this has been disputed instead being described as a fringe figure with limited influence.

yea he's so smart.

he came up with killing his political opponents.

You’re acting as if that’s the only thing he did

Look at Russia under Yeltsin and look at it now, except for Democracy many things have improved

Russia broke af they need him but will he last that long...

Putin is a far-right autocrat that tends to the needs of his crony capitalist compadres rather than his own people.

He's two steps removed from a fascist state, and the funniest thing is, he's not even the most reactionary dude in the running.

He went to school in Moscow with Ali Khamanei who is a class of 1968 Patrice Lumumba University graduate.

This university specializes in training supreme leaders 4 life!

Idk anything about the guy can someone fill me in? Is he a really bad guy or just like a nationalist type
How do his war crimes compare to US ones

increases chances of war with the US

he was able to use his position as oligarch puppet to court the public and secure power for himself

i f***ing hate him but he is extremely intelligent

fair enough if putin remains in power but if he touches eastern europe nato have to glass him

It’s not Putin’s achievement. Yeltsin ruled the country that had 20$ oil price, f***ed up economy from 70 years of state plan and civil war. Putin hasn’t even done 10% of what could’ve been done by a decent leader

Benelovent dictatorship > liberal representative democracy

Machiavelli would’ve been proud

Someone answer I don’t wanna google I want a good KTT biased answer

Get his d*** out your mouth.