The Economist said "A Tsar is Born" in their assblasted cover article a few weeks ago. But I don't actually see how anybody could crown himself as a new monarch now'a'days.
Instead, Putin seems much closer to /ourboy/ Uncle Addy. Gaining more and more power for himself in his role as President (and essentially exerting control over the Prime Minister, though he's yet to merge the positions). His foreign policy is based on returning Russia to greatness by restoring territory lost to it thirty years ago. Often, he justified his expansion by citing the protection of "ethnic Russians" in these other countries.
If Crimea got Anschlussed like Austria, then Eastern Ukraine is the Sudetenland.
Putin is setting himself up as Fuhrer. Well, for Russians, this would be Lidera (but that's a filthy, Anglo loanword). Vladimir is the new Vozhd of Russia. Is this good? Is this bad? Could he make himself a Tsar if he wished?
>Presiding over country with disintegrating economy and negative natural population growth (which would be even worse if you exclude nonwhites and focus on white russians only, who are dying out and emigrating at insane pace) yeah russia is fucked no matter how many military adventures putin starts If it does not fall apart, it will certainly stop being a white country. I mean it is now only 80% ethnic russian - and this means nothing considering that the figure likely includes hundreds of thousand asians that simply consider themselves russian of whatever ethnic group they originated from.
I am not happy about this, I like Russia, but this is a fact. Russia is fucked and it only continues on its slow and excruciating path to doom that began when Mongols fucked it up and grinded its development to a halt for several centuries.
Gavin Wood
Can you please shut the fuck up snd top offering your retarded opinions about things you have absolutely no knowledge about? I haven't read something so fucking retarded in quite a while. Putin is a democratically elected leader, he is not a Tsar or a Fuehrer. Nazi apoligism is extremism, you will go to jail for spreading it, retard. Putin keeps getting elected because everyone else that’s vying for the post is a chucklefuck who doesn’t know what he’s doing or a comprador. Putin said about half a dozen times by now in no unclear terms that HE’D LOVE TO RETIRE ALREADY, but he can’t because not everything is tied up in an acceptable way.
Fucking Russiaboos, holy fuck. I'd fucking never leave the house if i had such a fucking childlike understanding of any topic like you, let alone flaunt it publicly.
Anthony James
>i'd love to retire >lemme make sure Medvedev's presidential run dies in 2011 >putin is democratically elected >forgets Hitler was democratically elected too >okay
Liam Rogers
>lemme make sure Medvedev's presidential run dies in 2011
what the fuck are you talking about tardo
>muh Hitler
seriously just shut the fuck up already
William Peterson
>the russian education system everyone.
Medvedev had been planning to run for President again after his first term ended. That is, until NATO intervened in Libya with Medvedev's consent. At which point Putin broke protocol to begin commenting on foreign policy within the (exclusively domestic) office of Prime Minister. Medvedev tried to reprimand Putin for making the comments and your own media was unsure which comment to run with: Medvedev's or Putin's.
Putin ultimately directed them that the President's realm was foreign policy, so they should run with Medvedev's comments. But after that, it became clear that Medvedev would not be allowed to become President again. And Putin continued making comments about Libya and the fallout of Medvedev's inaction. Prior to Putin reasserting himself in 2011, many in the west hoped that Medvedev would stick around. Obama much preferred dealing with Medvedev than Putin, because Medvedev lacked Putin's Hitleresque tendencies.
This was only six years ago, faggot. How new are you?
Zachary Martinez
>Medvedev tried to reprimand Putin really?
John Gonzalez
Haha holy shit this is some top tier Extended Universe material right there my dude. It's almost like'm listening to Garry Kasparov (which is where you probably got this fucking stellar analysis from).
Maybe you should take this to whatever Neo-Con/Neo-Liberal forum you frequent.
Liam Allen
No. But i'm sure it was real in this neo-con lunatic's mind.
Jackson Barnes
Yeah. It went over about as well as farting at a tea party. Putin backed down, momentarily, aware that Russia could not afford the appearance of conflict between the President and the Prime Minister.
Then proceeded to ruin Medvedev's career aspirations and continue voicing his displeasure with Medvedev's actions in Libya, after a private talk with good ol' Dmitri about why what he was doing was retarded. I'll find a link for you.
Angel Murphy
The only Vozhd of russia is Savinkov. BORIS SAVINKOV
Samuel Rodriguez
Not a neo-con. Actually a fan of Putin.
"Medvedev cast aside the Russian Foreign Ministry’s pleas to veto the U.N. Security Council resolution for a no-fly zone over Libya. Russia abstained.
Medvedev’s public speeches on the subject were meticulously prepared, but they were more concerned with Russia’s moral reputation than Libya’s internal politics, which were of little interest to him. His decision was all about cultivating the right image inside Russia as a decisive leader with progressive instincts. Who needed an old, senile Libyan dictator — especially one who, as attested by the files Medvedev had seen on Russian-Libyan cooperation, never paid his debts and cadged new weapons on credit while giving nothing in return. Medvedev cast aside the Russian Foreign Ministry’s pleas to veto the U.N. Security Council resolution for a no-fly zone over Libya. Russia abstained.
The next day Medvedev was surprised to see Putin on TV, speaking out on Libya. As prime minister, Putin rarely mentioned foreign policy. He ritually observed the constitutional norms, according to which foreign policy was the preserve of the head of state.
But visiting a missile factory in Votkinsk in central Russia, Putin described the U.N. resolution as a “medieval call for a crusade” and then delivered a thinly veiled reprimand to Medvedev live on air: “What concerns me most is not the armed intervention itself — armed conflicts are nothing new and will likely continue for a long time, unfortunately. My main concern is the light-mindedness with which decisions to use force are taken in international affairs these days....
(part 1)
Daniel Young
Medvedev was horrified. He really had blundered by not consulting Putin beforehand. But Putin’s outspokenness was an unforgivable humiliation and demanded a response. The question was whether to do it privately or publicly. After reading online comments openly mocking him, Medvedev decided not to call Putin. Instead, having examined his schedule, Medvedev decided that his response would come that same day — during a visit to the OMON, Russia’s special-purpose police unit. “It is entirely unacceptable to use expressions that effectively point the way to a clash of civilizations. The word ‘crusade,’ for instance. We must all remember that such language could make the situation even worse,” he said didactically into the camera.
Russia’s state news channels were aghast. What should they show? Could they possibly report that the “tandem” was split over Libya? TV bosses frantically rang the prime minister’s and president’s respective press secretaries. After a brief hesitation, Putin’s office replied: “The head of state is responsible for foreign policy, so only his point of view should be reflected in state news broadcasts. Prime Minister Putin’s statement should be forgotten.”
But experienced players in Medvedev’s camp knew that their man had made a huge mistake. Though Putin backed down, he did not forget."
Sorry you're so retarded you don't know what's going on in your own country's recent history.
Levi Morales
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Oliver Butler
Tbqh it's pretty sad that Medvedev got Putin'd. He was the first post-communist Russian leader who had a will, character and most importantly a chance to correct Russia's course towards oblivion.
Brayden King
>his source is a CFR rag interpreting Putin's usual rhethoric as a "reprimand" for Medvedev >endless conjectures with no source >Though Putin backed down, he did not forget
Yeah just as i suspected this is straight up Neo-Con la-la land fantasy.
Hunter Powell
>i don't like it must be fantasy
Connor Perez
>Medvedev >character meme flag checks out
Zachary Ross
Hey, I used to dev for DHKR :D. Always cool to see our stuff posted here, even if the mod team has become plagued with redditor/discord cunts nowadays
Ryan Rivera
So what if Putin is a tsar?
And how do Americans treat their celebrities? Wouldn't they jump after them into fire?
Why is the veneration of Putin so bad if Americans would allow actors and singers to rule their country, because they love them so much? This applies to all of the West actually
The West is in many ways very similar to Russia and it is like this since 18. century. How is Putin different from SC judges in the USA?
Kevin Evans
WHEN?
Evan Gray
It is fantasy, it has zero sourced citations and presents uncited claims as misinterpted assumptions as facts. You have to be fucking high to take this at face value.
>Guys, Not a neo-con. Actually a fan of Putin. >Here, let me post some fucking CFR op-ed based on a liberal faggots Zygars drugged out unsourced fantasies.
ok bud i can see you are legit
Angel Rivera
You're misreading the OP. I like Putin and think he has the right instincts for leading Russia. The Economist is blowing it out of proportion by referring to him as a Tsar, even if that'd be cool to see.
The U.S. and Russia honestly should be working together, and I hoped Trump would accomplish that (Nationalism in the USA, Nationalism in Russia, godless Internationalism in Europe). The media's made that insanely difficult without being seen as a "puppet." I also think it's made difficult by the fact that NATO expanded to include the Baltic countries -- arguably within Russia's sphere of influence, even if they wanted NATO protection.
The subreddit is full of Syndicalist faggots. Which is predictable given... reddit.
Logan Roberts
Putin hates ethnic Russians and nationalism. Crimea was about military base, not Russians.
Brayden Lee
Crime and Donbass are about fighting Russia's demographics problem. It's not primarily economy, it's not primarily politics and it's not primarily military.
Ethnic russians are dying out, and integrating 8 million or so new russians (andukrainians admitedly) from these regions, who generally have higher fertility rates than the russian population would be a big boost.
Leo Mitchell
He didn't integrate Donbass though. He basically threw them under the bus.
Because unlike with Hitler, the European community responded forcefully and congress passed a bill essentially authorizing Obama to arm Ukraine.
Easton Carter
>implying pootin himself is not a comprador too
Sebastian Cooper
> putin lets in millions of mongoloid-turks degenerates from uzbekistan and other shitholes every year without visas > his bud mayor of moscow says that moscow alone needs 2 million of asian immigrants each year > russia everywhere except for mscow is a poverty-ridden corrupt hellhole > some circlejerkers from usa and europe consider mongoloid rusophobe putin a saviour of white race and a new hitler Wow.
Lucas Morris
When what? "Eurasian Youth" is a fringe midget organization that hasn't been banned as extremist yet simply because no one fucking cares about it.
Oliver Nelson
He's not a new Hitler or savior of the white race. My comparison to Hitler is strictly on foreign policy re: justification for war with neighbors.
David Harris
This. Nothing to be surprised of though since Sup Forums is full of underage larpers that know nothing about the world except for a handful of memes.
Bentley Sanders
Putin is not even a true leader. Rotenbergs, Sechin, Timchenko - these are the true puppetmasters. Putin is just a talking bubblehead for people to vote for.
Christian Lewis
Bobblehead*
Lincoln Rogers
Again, this. Russia is an oligarchic regime, not a charismatic dictatorship as many foreigners tend to believe for some reason.
