How Did Vladimir Putin Rise To Power?
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- čas přidán 14. 03. 2024
- Vladimir Putin is the modern face of dictatorship, rising out of the ashes of the chaotic Yeltsin years. In the 90's, Putin was a relatively unknown figure would go on to occupy an untouchable position in a country spanning 11 timezones. We delve inside the twisted mind of Vladimir Putin.
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If you want to get to the root of why Putin came to power, devote a full episode to what happened during the 1990s across the former Soviet Union. I lived and worked there during that time and it was a deadly anarchy. There's a reason regular people got behind him. They saw what the alternative looked like.
Russia is a hard, hard place with a collective trauma people in the modern west can't begin to get their heads round.
Exactly. Very well said
@@55xr28 " This is what sets our people apart. A thousand years of suffering coursing through our veins, and each generation must make it's own sacrifice."
Shock Doctrine would be part of why Putin is who Russia is saddled with.
Yep. That's a very astute observation. Russians have had a hard history.
maybe some of us can..without experiencing the same personal trauma
outlawing religion doesn't work
but what it's replaced with is another lie to keep status quo
Power does not corrupt, it reveals.
No need or possibility, he was already corrupt as it can get from the start.
Top shout 💯
"you become an evil bastard" quote of the year so far lol
I agree! I laughed out loud when I heard this. I am currently in a library.
@@mck5050 Me too, runt of the litter was also good.
yeh love the honesty..fed up with rhetoric
Isn’t it hat the slogan for the year of the di*k head (2024)
"you become an evil bastard", well if being long time in power turns you in an evil bastard then the whole U.S congress and U.S supreme court are filled with evil bastards, they are in power for ever till they die
The ability of some people to be hawk eyed observers of Government antics in other nations, that they singularly fail to see in their own country, is truly depressing.
Amen
Exactly
Yes, and people often judge others by their own standards.
@@charlesflint9048 Most people judge others by standards that they themselves would be condemned by.
@@charlesflint9048 Here was clear of all the participants. A bunch of frustrated nobodys, puzzled and inventing theories of what they can not understand
do Netanyahu next
Would be painted as an angel probably
Yes we need it
@@user-nu3cr9kn8f ill bet they wont dare to do it
Instant Demonetization
Humanity need it
This is not a defence of Putin or Russia, but, it will be interesting to make a documentary about millions killed and/or robbed of people and countries of the world during colonisation. Also of the millions of people and many countries that have become victims of American new imperialism. Awaiting your such documentaries!
User- eg7ex - very true, but what you miss is that America and Europe gave up empire building and genocides for liberal democracy in the 19 th and 20 centuries - Russia hasn't moved forward at all, they are thus still culturally backward, and, in fact, living in a medieval world, of autocracy, violence, and kleptocracy, and the ordinary people are still serfs kept happy with propaganda and aspirations of a " greatness" they cannot achieve by simply killing everyone, including their own people.
Great video, super interesting. One critique: the background music is a bit overpowering. It’s a little difficult to hear the dialogue without CC on over the music
Agreed! Especially that violin music in the middle of the video...that. that.... that...was so unnecessary and terrible sounding!
The political system in UK is rotten 😂😂😂
Utterly destroyed I'd say, I actually don't like my country anymore, if I was 20yrs younger I'd have move far away from any of the western countries bar one or two.
America too 🍻
@@Alien9828Really and go where??? Russia?
@@Tim_ra yeah, I would go to Russia, they dont have or tolerate the bollocks we have here in the UK, as far as I'm concerned Putin is the only adult in the room, western leaders bar a cpl are total wankers
Go to Russia, so you could compare.@@user-yv6wk4gw9u
He clings to power by restoring the country from the bread lines and is supported by 80%of the public
This is so much better than mainstream TV.
It's a documentary, of course it's better. You're not the brightness huh.
@@davin1287 the most dense comment of 2024 for me so far - why would a youtube documentary be much better that a documentary on TV? Would love to know how your brain works - scientists should study it - so fascinating
Lol this is shit. Same level or worse than mainstream
They saying the same thing msm does 😂 Putin is bad , Ukraine is democracy 😂😂😂
The same Globalist agenda with a pseudo serious varnish
How about a history of the WEF.
WEF! You have got no chance! How about the Trilateral commission who's first report was about the dangers of democracy! or the IMF, World Bank and it pains me to admit it but also the World Health. It would be great if they started interviewing different people from various political points of the compass this wont happen!
Exactly. Millions killed by their bosses, the slavery of almost all humanity by usury
@@GeorgeSorrow
and un
that's a great idea..it has to be translated and dubbed over as well as subtitle or people won't watch..
why won't it happen..
because of one world order❓
Ya please expose the devils WEF...
Excellent ultra necessary idea
In my opinion, this television video documentary is very well done. I will use it as inspiration for my videos
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely
Power is the ability to resolve conflict and without it everything is corrupt
Tell the bankers who own our lives
Ooh, clever you.
@@davidjohnson-tq4qxSave that for God
what about God❓Is he corrupt❓
why did you put music in the background 👎
What goes up,
Must come down...
So many psychics predict his death. He has been predicted to be dead every year. Guess he has 7 lives.😂😂
Thank you for this excellent, comprehensive history / warning 🙏
Putin is the leader all countries need 👌🏽
Like a hole in the head !
All countries are not interested in wars. I know it might come as a surprise to a peanut minded person like yourself
Crazy how Europe defines democracy
Just an assumption on your part, give us your source for this definition, and what exactly do you think it is ?
@@ericwillis777 Well, I am from Europe, and whatever European democracy is - it is utter garbage. Is Russian democracy better? Probably not, it is yet another variant. We should stop clinging on to the ethereal concepts like "democracy", "freedom", etc. and think of how to get rid of the cancer that is the globalist ruling class and make it so that people' interests are the true priority.
This channe is incredible, thanks for this video
Interesting video- very hard to hear with the music/mics
What a great and informative documentary! Thank you!
Consult other sources. I knew a very different history
Great film. Really enjoyed that. Thanks Dan and Co
Now see if you can fact check any of it using independent sources... or does it only hang together based on that excruciatingly obviously propagandist bent? Don't you think there were soviets reacting to their propaganda films as you did this one?
Glad you enjoyed it
@@tinkeringtim7999 Exactly, a mere collection of parrots distorting facts at their fancy
@leok7018 I don't think the parrots distort the facts, they're handed distorted facts and are paid to repeat them with confidence. This is why journalists who take the job seriously end up leaving major outlets. Most of them don't even seem to know or care if they're lying, comes across as just feeding an inner narcissist.
@@tinkeringtim7999 Very well said. Apart from cases like Julian Assange, Gozalo Lira, Edward Snowden.
Story about KGB is gold
This new Tsar is ruthless
that's an insult to Tzar
@@annychest718 not quite. Unless you meant that some of them were even more ruthless. The truth is Putin is just like all the leaders Russia has ever had other than Gorbachev, Yeltsin and the last tzar Nocolai 2.
The truth is Russia isn't the way it is because of Putin, it's actually the opposite- Putin is what he is because of Russia. If there weren't him, there would have been someone alike like there always has.
Give evidence of his ruthlessness...even americans and europeans don't support their own govt in this narrative anymore...and more then half of the world laughs at you and people like you who are conditioned by just watching western media....get a life....dude...
@@awbinn3377Very well said. The point with them is not complying to the Globalist agenda, and preserving family values and traditional culture.
Don't mess with him, and you will be just fine. Mind your own business
Единственият политик към който
извънземните проявяват интерес.
Fascinating and so clear thanks 😊
The music is way too loud
1:19:30
power is like any drug, you wanna quit but then there is always some reason you cant today
(knowing more about drugs than power)
Weak people need a strong leader.
True……🌞
I don't get all the talk about writing off dictators as being unusual or having a personality flaw. I'd say nearly all humans believe their country would be better off if they imposed their will, and would absolutely do so if they had the power. I certainly would.
This is no history but people giving their opinion about Putin's style governance.
Very true
🤡🤡🤡🤣
bravo putin we love you::YOU ARE NUMBER 1 ANGEL SAVING THE KIDS OF THE WORLD AND LOVE ON PLANET
Inb4 seething Russians crying about propaganda and calling everyone who disagrees with them a clown.
I don’t know. They’re pretty fast. They have to bee when they’re only paid one beet seed per post.
Interesting
Sounds like trump loyalty over party.
Not quite ... people are just tired of woke BS in America , including those not in America
@@cornecloete69what is “woke” ab wanting to take down the mostly middle aged, white, patriarchal system that goes against what the US is supposed to stand for? Despite all the false propaganda Fox fake news promotes, being “woke” as you call it is just being aware and empathetic to those who historically haven’t had the same generational starting line. No one is coming to “replace” anyone, it’s not ab trying to make white kids feel bad for anything. The Christian nationalists do not get to dictate how the rest of the country lives if they don’t buy into that particular brand of controlling a population thru manipulation and emotional abuse. Christ would not tell people in church that democrats and liberals are bad and aren’t allowed in their churches. Being woke is how Christian right should be behaving, according to Christian doctrine, not treating those who disagree w you as enemies and claiming your god is the only correct god and you have the right to pass judgment on others who may not believe and live like you do. Just because Christians think they are right, doesn’t mean they are nor do they have the right to tell anyone else how to live bc people in glass houses shouldn’t thro stones. They should worry ab their own many, many sins instead of trying to play god on earth.
@@cornecloete69 There are more than 2 choices in America, woke or Trump.
Most Democrats and Republicans aren't either.
Why act like the world is black and white?
@andrasszabo1570 No there are not, the world has gone mad... it's time for some good old common sense to prevail.
TRUMP 2024
Also F youtube for censoring truth!
Can't help but notice the absolute opposite of the meaning of the word dictator being used in the first 10 second.
🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 The most horrific thing which exists in Russia is that their government supports violence against women. In South Africa gender based violence is rampant and one of the worst in the world. However no ways is it condoned,connived or allowed by the laws. The Russian idea of "If he beats you it means he loves you" is one of the sickest things I have ever heard. My gosh the traumatising effect this must have not only on the women but on millions of children and therefore on entire society.
O, please... in South Africa, it may as well be allowed as the justice system is so broken nothing happens over and over again. My mother and myself, and siblings were beaten regularly for about 15 years, and cops came by multiple times every week. Nothing ever happened.
This happens almost all the time in South Africa and with almost all crimes. (Unless you are white, then you are convicted slightly more often)
Your argument is that if I smack a woman and then say it's wrong, it's fine.
YOU DEFINITELY CANT TOUCH THIS😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fan of Guy Walters from "World War II In Numbers" War Stories series 👏
Historians, help promote peace through truth, knowledge 🙏🕊
The greater concern lies in the manner of his downfall, as history shows that all dictators eventually fall. Will he meet a fate akin to Stalin, dying in his own piss, or will he be ousted by his closest associates?
He will die in power unless there is cognitive decline.
Hope Vladimir lives forever. The alternative is worse.
He will be always remembered for confronting the colonial powers and starting the multipolar world
As if other rulers don't die. Churchill, Hitler, Reagan, Yeltsin etc. Everybody dies!
There is a need for Putin in this amoral world. He isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Putin is only the face of Russia, so if he's no longer around, then nothing will change in Russia. Putin is Russia, but Russia is not Putin. Putin is the face and voice of Russia, but he is not Russia it's self. Russia will continue with or without Putin, but it's better to continue with Putin in charge of Russia.
09:48 - Oh look he was friends with Paul McCartney! Haha 😅 (right)
imagine
Russia wanted to join NATO, but the request was declined. Putin then realised NATO was an alliance to undermine Russia.
Took him that long? Not too bright is he
@@PiousMoltar Well, tell me what your smart brain would decide to do if you were Putin when NATO expanded into Ukraine?
Точно така е, това е истината...усети подлостта на Америка и е първия човек който има смелостта и силата да се противопостави!
Не му оставиха избор! За това започна войната, а тя носи печалби и разрушение на ВПК
I think I would make a great dictator. I'd be the best dictator to have ever dictated!
I tied a tuber to my penis but no one obeyed me. They just laughed and mocked me.
Seinfeld? I think so...
Donald, is that you?
😄😆😅🤣
In the words of the author John Birmingham, Dictatorship is great for getting things done, but it is not so good for deciding whether things need to be done in the first place.
Biden calling someone a war criminal? 😭😭😭
Байдън и Америка са
Evil outcasts pure and simple..
They put the FSB in power of government
Putin is awesome next to Biden
When they aquire that level of power, they must be very frightened people, because everyone and his dog are wanting him removed,,,, by whatever means at hand
This video takes us on a deep dive into Vladimir Putin's rise to power, from his low-key beginnings in the chaotic 90s under Yeltsin to becoming the powerhouse leader of Russia, a country that spans 11 time zones. It's fascinating how Putin, once barely known, has come to hold such an untouchable position. The part that really grabs your attention is the exploration into Putin's mind. You get to peek behind the curtain at what drives him, how he thinks, and the moves he's made to stay at the top. It's like unpacking the layers of a very complex character who's had a massive impact on global politics. For anyone curious about the forces that shape our world, this video is a goldmine. It's not just about the history; it's about understanding the person behind the power.
When you get older you realise that dictators aren't as amazing and invincible as you thought. People out them there. Evil yes but they didn't do it alone.
Putin, a KGB agent. What is the difference Stalin and Putin!
Obviously, Stalin and Putin are different people, and that is the major difference. Western governments are no better than Putin and his people. Western governments are only better at hiding their crimes from the world.
Summit files🦎
Everyone goes to sleep an night convinced their the good guy in the story!
Trump dances just like boris Yeltsin
Both liked Putin
Yeltsin was drugged by 🤔
This film is not about Trump.
That's not dancing, they are wobbling
CZcams commenters simping for a billionaire dictator lol
It is full " but what about so and so?" And " he saved russia from the 90s" comments. Would be funny if putin wasn't invading his neighbours
The very fact that we are talking about Him everyday Satisfy his eagle.
And many are loving him especially the global South.
Maybe because we still suffer colonialism, and admire one that resists it
Maybe.
Does Putin read these comments
Yes I do, - and now you'r тост, солнечныи свет !
I never knew putin could speak english
И френски и немски много добре, Путин е това което другите лидери не са и не притежават!🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺
И немски и френски
I can't believe the Russian people have put up with him for this long.
Personally, I can't believe that the English people have put up with the English class system and the Winsors for so long, but each to their own.
Why wouldn't they? While not every single Russian supports him, he is incredibly popular among Russian people.
He's been the power behind the transformation of Russia from the state that the country was in following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia's economy is growing at a faster rate than many countries around the world - certainly their economic growth has left every European country in their wake...
You need to know that outside the tiny bubble that comprises the NATO countries, among the remaining 82% of the world's population he is a massively admired and respected leader. A big reason for this is that Putin won't take any truck from NATO (essentially the US) whose foreign policy has been directly responsible for the deaths of millions of men, women, and children around the world.
Russia has also been a huge power between the rapidly developing BRICS nations (which has more economic clout than the G7) and which also contains some of the fastest growing economies in the world. BRICS countries are also moving away from the dollar for international trade - stopping another method for the US to exercise control over their economies.
When you look at the US leadership, the UK's leadership, the EU's leadership, and the leaders of the individual EU countries, the only beacon of hope is Viktor Orbán in Hungary. It's not difficult to see where Putin's popularity stems from.
This is western propaganda. Yes, there is some truth in it and thats why I watched. The fact is Putin is a very competent leader and they are trying to portray him as Brandon, falling up his entire career lol
@@grantchallinor5263Well said, I wonder if the channel will interview John Mearsheimer, Noam Chomsky or Chris Hedges?
They speak russian, and lying parrots like here have no voice there.
I challenge Putin to a drinking contest. He pays.
Doesn’t he have some of the highest approval ratings in the world?
The first 47 seconds described the United States!! 😊
Still waiting
History
"Let's see how many insults we can make without swearing and call it a documentary"
aww 😢 there's a lot to say..but nothing pray tell
Excellent! Liked & Subscribed. Meant to watch 30 min ended up watching all near 3 hours. What i liked most how it was NEWLY informative; it didn't regurgitate tired echoed factoids but offered new data SUPPORTED by verifiable evidence. When it did reference PAST events it was to show precedent for CURRENT or comment on his known personality traits it was showing how they've changed (deteriorated ?) thereby affecting his reasoning/actions i.e. USED to imprison opposition NOW just "whacks" them seeing in paranoid delusion *ENEMY AT THE GATES.
(*apt, even though well acted WW2 film it was terribly miscast and overall mediocre. ... Ha! puts me in mind of a spec script I wrote in 2005ish ..WW2 Horror/Thriller with siege of Leningrad as setting... think the nightmarish hell` of that environment with lil `Se7en & True Detective Season 1' tossed in. But I digress.. luv channel, I'll share/spread word.)
6:42 narcissists don't actually love themselves.
And they deeply care what other people think.
Very well done.
He’s not a saint but compared to the rest of them his wonderful
I love the hypocritical take on Putin .The western governments are ran big big corporations. But we get to have the illusion of de.mocracy 😂😅😂
Hm
HOw have I never heard of this guy?!
Look up the books he has written. Not much there apart from editing other people's work.
WTF How You never heard of him. Are You live under stone or bridge lol?
😮 Maybe spend more time reading or watching the news. It's important.
Guess the similarity.
_Today, a record number of Americanos can't afford rent and they may think they've got it bad on their side of the Atlantic, but spare a thought for the little island on the other side of that great ocean. A land of black taxis, red buses, stiff upper lips, and corrupt property factors. What is a "property factor", I hear you Americanos ask. Well, a property factor is a private company which is supposed to take care of the maintenance of private homes or apartments in a neighborhood, and they do this by employing plumbers and electricians and cleaning companies, etc. That is, a property factor is a "bridge" between homeowners/tenants and the actual people who carry out the actual maintenance. In return, the homeowners/tenants pay the property factors (a.k.a. residential factors) a fee (perhaps monthly, and perhaps other fees as well, as is deemed necessary by the factor themselves.) But this is where the trouble (for the homeowners/tenants) starts. When they the sign the Deed which (among other things) says that they will pay a collective fee to the property factor, the ability to choose whether or not they wish to pay is essentially and legally taken away from them. It's like collective punishment. They may own their own home and may not want to be burdened by the maintenance of common areas in an apartment (for the SIMPLE reason that they don't live in an apartment!), but their hands are tied -- they signed the Deed (without doing so they'd not have been able to own their own home in the first place) and they are now at the mercy of the property factor who (if they are dishonest, and in most cases in this country, they ARE) can inflate charges, and bully and threaten homeowners with legal action if they refuse to pay up. Probably the WORST property factor in the UK is called _*_James Gibb Property Factor_*_ based in Scotland. This company is, for all intents and purposes, a _*_criminal organisation._*_ They will charge astronomical fees (far above and beyond what other factors would charge for similar "services") and they won't answer emails or phone calls from apartment residents when they complain about a broken elevator or light fixtures or dampness on a wall or leaky plumbing or a backed up toilet. The Directors of this wretched company have been STEALING money from clients for years, but no one can stop them. In fact, the _*_Group Managing Director of James Gibb_*_ happens to be the _*_CHIEF EXECUTIVE of the PROPERTY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION SCOTLAND (PMAS),_*_ I kid you not. That is how corrupt Scotland has become. James Gibb's No.1 priority is to squeeze as much money as possible from clients and use intimidatory tactics to prevent them from taking to social media to air their grievances about this criminal company._
If you look at uk.trustpilot.com/review/jamesgibb.co.uk and read all the POSITIVE reviews about James Gibb factors, you will notice the similarities in word construction and style of writing. Several posters have noticed this. I am pretty sure that *James Gibb* has employees writing FAKE reviews in order to counterbalance the dozens of NEGATIVE (genuine) reviews by disgruntled clients. This company is really, really insidious and corrupt. But they know no one will stop them, least of all the Scottish Government. Why? Because a body called the Property Managers Association Scotland (PMAS), which advises the Scottish Government on all matters pertaining to housing (including factoring), is currently headed by the C.E.O. of *James Gibb Property Factor.* Furthermore, the immediate past C.E.O. of *James Gibb* is ALSO a current member of the PMAS board. *James Gibb Residential Factors* are now the biggest factor in Scotland, having gobbled up nearly all of its competition in the last decade or so, so today they are a near-monopoly in the factoring business. In the USA, the competition commission would never have allowed a company to become so big that competition would've been stifled. But this ain't the USA, this is Scotland, where even the government is corrupt. So, even the dumbest and most naive of us can see why the Scottish Government (headed by a man called Humza Yousaf) will never take this corrupt establishment called *James Gibb Residential Factors* to task over their criminal activities. Scotland is truly a corruption-riddled nation.
Justin Trudeau in Canada
Use your power for innocent people tomorrow life.
A cook? But can't be a chef? Make Sense of the words using.
Putin is such a small man.
nah he's pretty vicious you should shut up
Small ,frightull and coward ...
Literally
Then why the whole world talks about him nonstop??
He is a sociopathic wound collector.
The parrots speaking?
@@55xr28 Aww...who is the one literally saying the same thing over and over? How much do you make each time you say a variant of the word, "parrots?"
Just Dom Quixoting freely the world of ignorance and arrogance of a stupid video like this. Go study reality.
Old frustrated men talking distortions of such important figure of our epoch is pathetic.
And you agree. Maybe you get something to be a parrot.
Do your leaders massacre other countries like Afghanistan, Irak, Líbia, Síria, Pelestinians as well?
@@55xr28 The irony of you using the words, "ignorance and arrogance," is hilarious.
There is an excellent podcast on Martyrmade called, thoughts on the Ukraine.
Listen to it and then make your conclusion's to why we are where we are currently.
Or, you can keep letting corporate news think for you.
Great documentary, actually. Well said and explained about that miserable small in all senses man. Please, keep supporting Ukraine 🇺🇦. Keep supporting people of the Free World!
🇷🇺 LONG LIVE MOTHER RUSSIA 🇷🇺
This isnt a documentary. This is just a bunch of "historians" gossiping.
Hypocrisy is killing us, look at yourselves first
You can be a hypocrite without bloodshed at the expense of your own people to be more powerful
Said it all.
This is a very good film about the future of the US under MAGA
Hilarious because we're already doing that under Biden.
Chef was gonna run for president putin was afraid of Chef
I did stop watching at 01:40.
What do you mean with dictator Pinochet "starting with good intentions" or "improve the welfare of his people"? For me is the same thing that saying that Hitler has good intentions at the beggining in his raise to power because he wanted the best for his country. It is wrong.
What are you saying? You're coming is completely nonsensical and meaningless. Hitler had good intentions at the beginning because he wanted the best for his country??? Wtf does that even mean? First off, he was elected & became Chancellor legally within weimar's democratic structure...irregardless whether someond has elected democratically or they came to power after very bloody, decade long civil war full of atrocities... every head of state, across all nations going back centuries, has good intentions at the beginning because he wants to do the best for his country...
You should have kept watching if you wanted your comment to carry any weight.
Well, maybe it would have been better to say " they 'said' they wanted to improve their countries" - no one can ever know exactly what they thought.
What did the incredulous man say to the Russian dictator?
"You must be Putin me on"
The opening monologue doesn't describe Russia, is describes the West. Perfectly.
Its not about Democracy or Autocracy or Dictataor, its about singlemindedness to continue and maintain the tradisional values of motherland. That is important. To lead. UE,UK,Canada and US dont bother about leaving the tradisional values. Go ahead, dont expect others to follow you blindly, dont regret. A singleminded President, in Russie, is likely to maintain the tradisional values. Many Presidents from Democracy, multipolar mindedness, will change, the values. Good example is UK, US,EU and Canada.Check who is charge of UK now. Very soon UKnistan or Francenistan or Germanistan. Good luck to the them, so much for your Democracy. Ask the tradisional English, they will tell you,how valuable a single minded President is. Think, before it is too late.
I am a bit confused. In a dictatorship are the people able to exercise the power to elect their leaders, or are there no elections? Or is “dictatorship” what those who practice the sort of government in which unelected monarchs get to dictate many decisions get to define as such?
Yes and no, depending on if you are a dictator or not.
Not sure that Oompa Loompa President will survive his own people in the mid term
All this talk is a bit hypocritical considering all leaders, including the west.
Putin was right about one thing -- that the US invasion of Iraq was illegal. Also, US indiscriminate killing and torture in Iraq gave Putin (he thinks) the 'right' to indiscriminate killing and torture in Ukraine.
Sadly true, the West dishonoured itself with extrodinary rendition, waterboarding, and Guantamo bay. A sorry period, but Putin dosen't need Western precedents to indulge in torture and killing, it's been a hallmark of Russian rule for centuries. Ivan ужс beat his son to death with his bare hands, and Peter the Great had his son flogged to death. With antecedents like that Putin is a mere amateur.
In the western countries, among the leaders there is a morbid intolerance, a grudge, an envy, a jealousy of unlimited dimensions as far as the president of Russia is concerned, All the westerners who are in a position of power, hate, slander and demonize the most correct and just president of the 21st century who, despite having lifted his country from the abyss, brought it back to the center of the world arena and made every countryman feel proud of it. Ruthless, visionary and pragmatist, Vladimir Putin will go down in history as one of the greatest Russian rulers and the politicians of the western countries will die leaving behind the legacies of the dumbest idiots of the 21st century.
JFK had wise words in his diary.....
lol
On camera too