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Vladimir Putin – A great and needed leader for Russia
Vladimir Putin – A great and needed leader for Russia
18/11/14
The continuing attacks on Vladimir
Putin and Russia
by members of the western political, military and journalistic elite tell us
one thing – the Russian President is doing a good job both for the people of
his country and in the international arena.
For it is a rule
which invariably holds true – if the Western elites praise the leader of a
foreign country it means he is doing something which is good for those elites
and bad for his country. If he’s demonized, as Putin is, it’s the other way
round.
Back in 2000, when he was first elected
President, Western elites hoped that Putin would continue the path set by his
predecessor Boris Yeltsin, a man whose rule was disastrous for ordinary
Russians, who saw their living standards plummet and the value of their life
savings destroyed, but very good for the Western elites. Yeltsin privatized
vast swathes of the economy and acquiesced while NATO destroyed Yugoslavia.
Yeltsin was bad news for Russia
– but he was hailed as a great ‘democrat’ by the West – and eulogized on his
death – which tells us everything we need to know about who benefited most from
his rule.
During Putin's
first premiership and presidency (1999–2008), real incomes increased by a
factor of 2.5, real wages more than tripled; unemployment and poverty more than
halved, and the Russians' self-assessed life satisfaction rose significantly.
Putin's first presidency was marked by high economic growth: the Russian
economy grew for eight straight years, seeing GDP increase by 72% in
PPP (as for nominal GDP, 600%). As Russia's
president, Putin and the Federal Assembly passed into law a flat income tax
of 13%, a reduced profits tax, and new land and legal codes. As Prime Minister,
Putin oversaw large-scale military and police reform. His energy policy has affirmed Russia's
position as an energy superpower. Putin supported high-tech
industries such as the nuclear and defence industries. A rise in foreign
investment contributed to a boom in such sectors as the automotive industry.
According to public opinion surveys in
June 2007, Putin's approval rating was 81%, and the highest of any leader in
the world, in May 2014 his approval rating rose to 85.9%, a six-year high.[274]
Observers see Putin's high approval ratings as a consequence of the significant
improvements in living standards and Russia's reassertion of itself on the
world scene that occurred during his tenure as President. A 2005 survey showed
that three times as many Russians felt the country was "more
democratic" under Putin than it was during the Yeltsin or Gorbachev years,
and the same proportion thought human rights were better under Putin than Yeltsin.
Putin was Time magazine's Person of the Year for
2007. In April 2008, he was put on the Time
100 most
influential people in the world list. In 2013 and 2014, he was
ranked as the world's most
powerful person by Forbes.
The Russian president's successful
defence of the top spot puts him above US president Barack Obama, who came
second on the list. He has stabilized the economy, controlled the situation
after the fall of USSR.
his principles and his ideology brought Russia to one of the top economies
and super power in the world. Forbes senior editor Caroline Howard described Mr
Putin as “the undisputed, unpredictable and unaccountable head of an
energy-rich, nuclear-tipped state”.
But, still by western commentators and
the Russian opposition, Putin has been described as a dictator. U.S.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney called Putin "a real threat to
the stability and peace of the world. After yet another round of EU and U.S.
sanctions against Russian officials, President Vladimir Putin's
approval rating has reached a record high of 87 percent, according to the
results of a survey published on 6 August 2014 by the independent Levada Center
pollster.
And about Ukraine’s crisis, the truth is that
it was the aggressive neocon faction within the Western elite which did that.
They’ve been calling for sanctions on Russia
for over a decade now – way before Russia’s
non-existent ‘invasion’ of Ukraine.
The demonization of President Putin in the West has become ‘mainstream’.
The neocon plan is for the Russian
economy to be weakened by sanctions, which they hope will lead to a reduction
in support for Putin and make it easier for them to destabilize the country and
bring about a ‘regime change’ in Moscow. They want a compliant stooge in the
Kremlin who will surrender all of Russia’s
natural resources, and allow them to get rid of President Assad and the
Baathists in Syria – an
essential prerequisite before any attack on Iran.
At the moment one man is getting in the
way of those war plans. To repeat: “those on the centre-left who have
joined the current wave of Putin-bashing ought to consider whose cause they are
serving.”
Because Putin is not the problem – it’s
the people attacking him who are./.
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All comments [ 10 ]
I wouldn't call Putin a great leader by Western standards, but he has held Russia together. He is a strongman I will admit, and I believe Russia needs a strongman,
Putin has delivered stability and prosperity — per-capita GDP has climbed six-fold on his watch. Plus, he restored "Russian pride" after the debacle of the 1990s, when Russia was a "demoralized nation that the West could push around at will."
Yeah, I love Putin. Hope Vietnam will have a leader like that.
Vladimir Putin has been at the center of Russian life over a decade. Putin is a strong leader that has a beneficial influence of uniting the country (even if it is by creating an external enemy). Patriotism can be good for country's development.
Putin is the great son of Russia, and he has made Russia great, so adorable!
Say what you will about Putin, but one thing is clear: he clearly has the best interests of the Russian people at heart. You cannot say the same thing about the American President and the American people.
The world has lots to thank as Russia, China and India are moving towards a multi-polar world. Vladimir Putin is a multi talented, energetic man who keeps interest in various activities.
The Russian President is doing a good job both for the people of his country and in the international arena.
One must not forget that he is one great hand in stabilizing the Russian economy after the collapse. It is Putin who brought the lost glory, power and the position to Russia, where Soviet Union used to stand once.
One of few world leaders who has his country in his heart. Strong, uncompromising, intelligent, hard working and fighter for equality and working class.
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