Opinion of Vladimir Putin

[Frodo]

And do you want your elected leaders to emulate him?

[dead0man]

HP, and no, clearly not.  Gross.  He is barely better than Trump.

[Clark Kent]

A cruel, corrupt dictator, even worse than Tiny Hands. HP

[Orser67]

He's a third world autocrat who happens to be leading a nuclear power.

[Mr. Smith]

Hilarious Person

[Crumpets]

HP. The fact that I bought a version of this T-shirt not withstanding.

[Santander]

Mild FF. I'd outright admire him if he didn't essentially make himself president for life. I admire his piety and zealous defense of Christianity while our pathetic leaders in the godless West worry more about not offending minorities than fighting terrorism and promoting the values that made the West great in the first place. For centuries, Russia was the bulwark of Christendom, and under Putin, she is fulfilling her destiny once more.

[RINO Tom]

Mild FF. I'd outright admire him if he didn't essentially make himself president for life. I admire his piety and zealous defense of Christianity while our pathetic leaders in the godless West worry more about not offending minorities than fighting terrorism and promoting the values that made the West great in the first place. For centuries, Russia was the bulwark of Christendom, and under Putin, she is fulfilling her destiny once more.

LOL ... oh my God, this is absurd.

[Zioneer]

Mild FF. I'd outright admire him if he didn't essentially make himself president for life. I admire his piety and zealous defense of Christianity while our pathetic leaders in the godless West worry more about not offending minorities than fighting terrorism and promoting the values that made the West great in the first place. For centuries, Russia was the bulwark of Christendom, and under Putin, she is fulfilling her destiny once more.

If you really think that... I don't know what to say.

[Intell]

Lean FF, for no going blindly into the, austerity, liberal trap, following whatever the US says. Also for standing up for Russian interests, and not mindlessly being westernized and coeperating with other third world countries.

[H. Ross Peron]

Mild FF. I'd outright admire him if he didn't essentially make himself president for life. I admire his piety and zealous defense of Christianity while our pathetic leaders in the godless West worry more about not offending minorities than fighting terrorism and promoting the values that made the West great in the first place. For centuries, Russia was the bulwark of Christendom, and under Putin, she is fulfilling her destiny once more.

[OSR stands with Israel]

A cruel, corrupt dictator, even worse than Tiny Hands. HP

[dead0man]

Lean FF, for no going blindly into the, austerity, liberal trap, following whatever the US says. Also for standing up for Russian interests, and not mindlessly being westernized and coeperating with other third world countries.

Yeah, who cares how wrong somebody is, as long as they are against the US, Intell is on their side!

[Zioneer]

Lean FF, for no going blindly into the, austerity, liberal trap, following whatever the US says. Also for standing up for Russian interests, and not mindlessly being westernized and coeperating with other third world countries.

Yeah, standing up for Russian interests.... And steamrolling over Ukrainian, Georgian, about half of the Syrian, and Moldovan interests (because of that one weird Soviet esque state in the middle of Moldova Russia supports). And being half worshipped by the far right in most European countries. And being the top oligarch in a band of oligarchs. Such an FF.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

HP (normal).

[SATW]

Lean FF.

Like 51.3% FF, and 48.7% HP.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Given what he had done during last two years, I can't vote any other way but HP.

[Asian Nazi]

HP, not doing enough to fight America.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Lean FF, for no going blindly into the, austerity, liberal trap, following whatever the US says. Also for standing up for Russian interests, and not mindlessly being westernized and coeperating with other third world countries.

Really?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The stupidest thing about Santander's post is as an ex-Soviet official Putin is almost certainly an atheist.

[The Free North]

The stupidest thing about Santander's post is as an ex-Soviet official Putin is almost certainly an atheist.

And that the 'bulwark of Christianity' was violently anti-Christian for the better part of the 20th century.

[SWE]

Lean FF, for no going blindly into the, austerity, liberal trap, following whatever the US says. Also for standing up for Russian interests, and not mindlessly being westernized and coeperating with other third world countries.

https://i.imgur.com/kPDhbkA.jpg

[Santander]

The stupidest thing about Santander's post is as an ex-Soviet official Putin is almost certainly an atheist.

And that the 'bulwark of Christianity' was violently anti-Christian for the better part of the 20th century.

Many nations go through periods of time where state institutions are taken over by radicals, and Russia was only Communist for a relatively short period of time in its long history since Muscovy was declared "Third Rome". Post-Soviet Russia has seen a massive resurgence in the Russian Orthodox Church.

I'm not defending Putin's authoritarian rule, corruption or human rights violations. However, I think in turbulent times like these, I view his defense of Christianity and independent foreign policy as outweighing the many negatives of his regime.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

His 'brave and independent' foreign policy, of course, being sooo successful. Honestly If you really want to go against the grain and praise a nationalistic government flexing its authority, go the PRC - who are a million times more effective than Putin's cartoonish blundering.

[Santander]

China is ruled by an illegitimate regime that needs to be put in its place.