Russia does not patronize or tell anyone how to live! - Putin

[Keegs]

[URL]http://www.independent.ie/world-news/russia-is-moral-compass-of-the-world-putin-29834402.html[/URL]
[QUOTE][URL="http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Vladimir_Putin"]Vladimir Putin[/URL] sought to cast Russia as the moral arbiter of the world, as he hit out at America's "non-traditional values" and its influence around the globe.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE]His comments amounted to an oblique rebuttal to the growing international movement against Russia's restrictive laws on homosexuality. Support for a boycott in the run-up to the Sochi Winter Olympics has widened, with celebrities including [URL="http://searchtopics.independent.ie/topic/Elton_John"]Elton John[/URL] announcing that they will not perform in Russia.

Others, including Joachim Gauck, the German president, have declined invitations to the event.

In his 70-minute televised speech from the Kremlin, Mr Putin condemned interference from the US and other western countries, saying [B]Russia did not aspire to be "some kind of superpower".[/B]

[B]"We do not force our patronage on anyone, or try to teach anyone how to live,"[/B] he said.
But[B] he insisted that traditional family values were a bulwark against "so-called tolerance -- genderless and infertile".[/B][/QUOTE]

[ieptav]

You surely know how to die though.

[RockSushi]

I just have that odd feeling about Putin that he is like 21st century Stalin.

[Wiggles]

[QUOTE]Vladimir Putin sought to cast Russia as the moral arbiter of the world[/QUOTE]
Yes, because the world certainly needs more corruption, suppression, and bad drivers.

[SexualShark]

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[Thompsonas]

[QUOTE={TFS} Rock Su;43173344]I just have that odd feeling about Putin that he is like 21st century Stalin.[/QUOTE]

More like a Tsar. Like it has always been.
[thumb]http://seansrussiablog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Putin-as-Alexander.jpg[/thumb]

[RockSushi]

[QUOTE=Thompsonas;43173428]More like a Tsar. Like it has always been.
[thumb]http://seansrussiablog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Putin-as-Alexander.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE]

This so perfect.
Thanks for the needed chuckle.

[Boaraes]

[QUOTE]"We do not force our patronage on anyone, or try to teach anyone how to live," he said.
But he insisted that traditional family values were a bulwark against "so-called tolerance -- genderless and infertile".[/QUOTE]

Way to contradict yourself, Puti.

[Joazzz]

sure whatever you say o Glorious Smiling Father of the Democratic Eastern Nation of the People

[Electrocuter]

"You can live however you want, but you can't be anything other than straight because you can't live however you want."

[Col. Buggernuts]

"We do not force our patronage on anyone, or try to teach anyone how to live,"
Except for those unfortunate enough to live in neighbouring countries, or gay people living in Russia.

[EmperorScorpious]

[QUOTE=Thompsonas;43173428]More like a Tsar. Like it has always been.
[thumb]http://seansrussiablog.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Putin-as-Alexander.jpg[/thumb][/QUOTE]

That actually looks pretty damn awesome