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yeroc420 t1_j1prszj wrote

Russia will never be respected again with Putin as their leader. Putin literally pussy foots around the war like it’s nothing while he destroys 2 counties including his own and hurts the world.

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crlcan81 t1_j1qy4mz wrote

You mean the former KGB guy? It's almost like people who run triple letter agencies make bad leaders.

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Lord_Nivloc t1_j1rb7sg wrote

Well, he did an impressive job for the first decade or so. Authoritarian, killed a lot of people for political gain, but dragged Russia out of the post-collapse gutter.

But then Putin decided that he would never join the club with the Evil Western Powers.

And then he decided that he could bully Ukraine with no consequences. And then he decided that he could invade Ukraine with no consequences. And he decided to do it at possibly the worst possible time, when the US arms industry was sitting around twiddling their thumbs.

And then he doubled down. And doubled down again. And again, and again.

And now Russia is ruined, and he’ll be remembered as one of the worst rulers in modern history. (But still not the worst in Russia’s modern history, oof)

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thomasz t1_j1rwyk3 wrote

Not Putin. George W. Bush dragged Russia out of the gutter by sending the oil price into the stratosphere in the early 2000s.

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Can_of_Ubik t1_j1s0fih wrote

True. That and Kasyanov's rather generic post-soviet economic reforms.

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destroythenseek t1_j1r10ro wrote

Nah, the the three letter agencies are just derivatives of an unhealthy society. They'd likely make fine leaders of a useful entity.

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atomicxblue t1_j1rkb6i wrote

My favorite is how he goes on TV and then portrays mother Russia as a hapless victim in all this.

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Fuzz557 t1_j1shewy wrote

He's doing this to end the nazis America is supporting fool.

/s

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more_random22 t1_j1sauev wrote

Yet europe will slurp up his gas and pretend they aren’t funding him

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