Is President Putin socialist or conservative?
He is simply a good Emperor (at least for majority of Russians) whose speeches and actions are based on common sense and traditions of former Soviet people - and for many of them conservatism = Soviet socialism. I guess the same story as in Singapore where Lee Kuan Yew was governing for three decades - Putin does not care much about dictatorship-or-democracy, socialism-or-conservatism, he cares about Russia and well-being of its population - however mostly in a long run despite some temporary drawbacks. For example, he approved lowering ruble as soon as oil prices went down and introduced ban on food imports from West - these actions hurt people initially but then Russian exports became much more competitive, and local food production started to grow pretty quickly.Russia can’t afford to follow abstract theories anymore, the main thing is survival and competitiveness, it does not matter how you call Putin as long as he provides stability which is the main condition for any business.
Are American conservatives comfortable with the extreme deference that Trump shows for Russia and Putin?
I just watched, again, the press release from Helsinki showing Presidents Putin and Trump meeting (after their two hour meeting in private) before the media.I saw two men being extremely careful to be courteous and diplomatic to each other; they were also being careful to give nothing away from their private conversation.President Trump had to find a diplomatic way to play down the obnoxious Intelligence Community Report blaming the Russians for hacking the DNC server. He did this somewhat gracelessly, but it got them through the moment, which had to happen if things were to move on from point between Russia and the US.I saw no deference on either side — both men were playing to the cameras and being polite, nothing more.
What do conservatives who voted for President Trump think of the Putin-Trump meeting in Helsinki?
I was reminded of the one time I served on a jury. Before we were picked for the jury, the pool of potential jurors was asked a series of questions, about things that might disqualify you, like whether you were related to the defendant, etc.Then there was a question something like, “Is someone more likely to be guilty than innocent if the state charges them with a crime?”The idea was to have a jury that would hear the evidence and testimony from both the state and the defendant, and weigh and consider both, and not automatically dismiss one side or blindly give credence to the other side. We were there to evaluate the evidence, not to have “facts” forced into our minds. There was no haranguing of the jurors about remembering which “team” they are on, or calling their actions treasonous if they did not accept, unflinchingly, everything the assistant district attorney said. And was certainly no confusing an indictment with a conviction.Of course, Putin is not a U.S. defendant in a court. Helsinki was part of a political process, not a juridical one. But I still think one should not automatically and unquestioningly accept everything the U.S. intelligence community says, just because it is the U.S. intelligence community. This seems to be a very bad, and very dangerous argument. If the truth is important here (and I don’t see why it should not be) then we ought to be encouraging a truth-seeking approach, not an appeal to authority approach. Any given president may do this well or poorly, of course, but certainly any given intelligence department can do their job well or poorly also.
Why do people support such corrupt men like Vladimir Putin?
You can state all the usual rubbish about him being an unstoppable freedom fighter, but when he makes homosexuality illegal and has possibly gotten people killed for trying to expose his actions, and nobody cares or even mentions it while such rumours are always tossed around when it comes to Obama and Cameron.
Why is Vladimir Putin so powerful?
Because he is strong, decisive, and acts like a leader In other words, the anti-Obongo Good luck, my friend
Why do some people call Vladimir Putin a "tyrant" if he was democratically elected by his people?
Russia has a very flawed democracy which is dominated by a single party, United Russia. This same party controls most media and shuts down independent media outlets. Many Russian journalists have died under mysterious circumstances. They have cracked down on dissension, handing out harsh sentences to protesters and jailing opposition leaders.The elections themselves are very flawed with accusations of intimidation, bribery, and tampering. They are not even subtle about it. During the 2012 presidential election, official results show that 99.8% of voters in Chechnya voted for Putin with a voter turnout of 99.6% (Президентские выборы в России (2012)). This is a remarkable result for a region best known for its separatist movement.