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Bear in mind that what little Americans know of Russia and of Putin is from a very biased and in most cases ill informed press right here in America.
I try to follow Putin in particular from an unbiased perspective but even at that it is very hard to find accurate information, even from generally good sources like Al Jazeera and oddly enough RT.
What it does seem to me is that Putin is kind of Russia's Ronald Regan, an authoritative figure who is intensely proud of his country and has a disdain for political correctness.
One thing that got my attention in particular was Putins statement that Russia had no reason to thank immigrants for coming to Russia and try to make these people comfortable by accepting the culture, instead he claimed that immigrants should thank Russia for allowing them to be a part of the great country that is Mother Russia and that these immigrants should accept Russian culture and make Russians comfortable in allowing them into the country.
I cant think of any reason why I should not agree with that.
But I will say straight up that I know very little of the man or of his politics. What I do know of Russian history is that they are a great and a strong people who have faced extraordinary upheavals and generally deserve the reputation for greatness, toughness and steadfastness that their country has earned.
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Mike South
It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.
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