[QUOTE=fskman;32457069]He's a good leader and all, but does noone see the problem with him being in charge potentially until 2024? prez4lyfe and all that?[/QUOTE]
If this is any indication:
[QUOTE=Jelly donut;32456900]Or maybe because he's a good PM
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Russian_economy_since_fall_of_Soviet_Union.PNG[/img][/QUOTE]
Then bring it.
[QUOTE=Jelly donut;32456900]Or maybe because he's a good PM
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Russian_economy_since_fall_of_Soviet_Union.PNG[/img][/QUOTE]
Wow i hope they don't elect him based on that. Medvedev did great till the depression and Putin had an easy ride up.
[QUOTE=smurfy;32456774]Does this mean Obama and Medvedev won't get to hang out and fuck around anymore? If you see them together they always seem to be buddies having a chill day, and not just for the cameras
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KR4S4ge114[/media]
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I like the "[B]GO TO HELL[/B]" t-shirts.
[QUOTE=Marbalo;32456960]I was wondering when you people would show up.[/QUOTE]
How can you like him? A police officer named Alexej Dymovskij got fired for critizing Putin for not acting about the huge corruption in the police in Russia.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Dymovsky[/url]
[QUOTE]Dymovsky was fired from the police force soon after posting the videos. His YouTube messages prompted a wave of videos from other Russian police officers describing corruption and the framing of innocent people.[/QUOTE]
I like you because you apparently just don't care about these things right? Who needs the freedom of speech when the oligarchs can roam the land freely and take all the cash.
Here is something funny from Wikileaks: [url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-cables-russia-mafia-kleptocracy[/url]
Don't forget that Russia is so far down the corruption list from Transparancy International that Russia is above Tajikistan and below Papua New Guinea at 154.
[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/oct/26/corruption-index-2010-transparency-international#data[/url]
I knew this thread was going to be full of Putin doing manly things.
Hey a russian ex intelligence agent who criticised putin got killed with radioactive poison.
And anna politkovskaja had an "elevator accident".
[QUOTE=Starship;32457514][img]http://files.brobible.com/archive/Buzz/VladPutin/putin_judo.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
"I'm not supposed to beat them?"
He never stopped being in charge though, Medvedev was just a puppet.
Vladimir Putin is who the Dos Equis guy is based on
Screw hatred against corruption. It's Putin we're talking about here!
[img]http://cdn.head-fi.org/2/23/1000x500px-LL-2304aaac_Putin.jpg[/img]
Fuck yeah
[QUOTE=ThePutty;32457576]Yeah guys Putin is so awesome corruption is such an amazing thing[/QUOTE]
PUTIN isn't corrupt, he's just a popular despot.
It's not like putin's new coming will increase corruption at any rate. The only thing that suffers is democracy.
Isn't he a pretty bad president? People seem to say "PUTIN IS SO BADASS OMG", but why? Because he pose for pictures? Has he actually helped Russia develop into something better than it was before?
[img]http://media.riemurasia.net/albumit/mmedia/1u/pqp/ptjp/64387/600211601.gif[/img]
Meanwhile in Russia
The reason everybody likes him is because we view him the same view people viewed Stalin before the cold war.
[IMG]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/putin091311/s_p10_14022445.jpg[/IMG]
James Bond villain PM.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;32457821]The reason everybody likes him is because we view him the same view people viewed Stalin before the cold war.[/QUOTE]
Yes but Stalin was a pretty coldhearted guy.
[QUOTE=Carne;32457835]Yes but Stalin was a pretty coldhearted guy.[/QUOTE]
Putin is not.
[IMG]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/putin091311/s_p15_0RTXUL0R.jpg[/IMG]
Fuck yes Putin.
It's good to hear that he's going to become the president of Russia again, in my opinion.
[QUOTE=Sobotnik;32457821]The reason everybody likes him is because we view him the same view people viewed Stalin before the cold war.[/QUOTE]
People view him how they viewed stalin before, during and after the cold war to this day. But actually comparing Putin to Stalin is just stupid.
[QUOTE=Carne;32457791]Isn't he a pretty bad president? People seem to say "PUTIN IS SO BADASS OMG", but why? Because he pose for pictures? Has he actually helped Russia develop into something better than it was before?[/QUOTE]
He has completely taken Russia under his control and made him effectively an idol to some. I think that is pretty amazing.
This is probably a stupid question, but how do you even pronounce his name?
I've always called him Vladmeer Pootin but I don't know Russian so that's probably wrong.
[QUOTE=mac338;32457844]Putin is not.
[IMG]http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/infocus/putin091311/s_p15_0RTXUL0R.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
That dog looks awesome. Anybody got an idea on what breed?
[editline]24th September 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=AzureAngelic;32457897]This is probably a stupid question, but how do you even pronounce his name?
I've always called him Vladmeer Pootin but I don't know Russian so that's probably wrong.[/QUOTE]
Pretty much correct there.
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