Thread: How dangerous is Vladimir Putin?

Originally Posted by TheMadBaron

does this forum have strange deletory effects on its members?

Well you're posting gibberish already, so I don't think it's an effect of the forum.

A very patient Putin: Russian President ‘still treats West well’ – despite facing colonial attitudes abroad, spokesman insists
6 Jan, 2021 11:20



For some, he’s the architect of a hybrid war against the West, responsible for everything from lost elections to the ‘cultural appropriation’ of beetroot soup. But the Kremlin claims Vladimir Putin is still out to make friends.

According to his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president “still treats the West very well,” despite apparently not getting the same back from counterparts in the US and EU. He made the comments during an interview with journalist Vladimir Solovyov on Tuesday.

“It would be stupid to treat the West badly,” Peskov said. “The West has technology, and we lag behind them in many respects. They have a rich culture, and we share in it. We also have the highest level of culture. You can’t help but love it.” However, he hinted that view might not be shared by foreign leaders, adding that “colonial manifestations,” on the other hand, “they need to be hated.”

However, while Putin and Peskov are well known to be close colleagues – even friends – it seems the President’s fiercest side is reserved for him alone. Admitting that he had, on occasion, faced harsh criticism from his boss for statements made on his behalf, Peskov said it never felt good. “I don’t want to live for a while afterwards. It can be hard, yes.”

Questions about the Russian leader’s character have long dominated discussions about Russia in the West. In 2001, then-US President George W. Bush told journalists that he had looked into Putin’s eyes when the two met and saw into his soul. However, it’s clear that not all American statesmen are gifted with the same powers of vision. US President-elect Joe Biden wrote in his autobiography that he had used one summit to tell Putin, “I’m looking into your eyes, I don’t think you have a soul.”

Of course, Biden’s recollection may not be entirely accurate. The US President-elect also claimed to have met Leonid Brezhnev during a Soviet-era visit to Moscow. The assertion was later proven to be untrue.

A very patient Putin: Russian President ‘still treats West well’ – despite facing colonial attitudes abroad, spokesman insists — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Maybe if Russia wasn't run like a nuclear armed mafioso state, then it would get a little more respect.

Originally Posted by Klondyke

Russian President ‘still treats West well’ – despite facing colonial attitudes abroad

Russia a colony . . . only in their heads, perhaps . . . or he's as drunk as Klondyke is

Less than a pussy hat

WooHo, a drunk Texpat stalking me across the board. Keep drinking, wannabe-Aussie

Originally Posted by Agent_Smith

Maybe if Russia wasn't run like a nuclear armed mafioso state, then it would get a little more respect.

It's Western propaganda that makes you believe it's a mafia state. It's a boring bureaucratic state like everywhere else.

Originally Posted by panama hat

WooHo, a drunk Texpat stalking me across the board. Keep drinking, wannabe-Aussie

You , are an idiot.

Russia got loads of Mafia, and various power centres all jostling for influence. That is why you are numpties trying to explain everything that happens in Russia as being the work of one Vlad the inhaler.

Originally Posted by Backspin

It's Western propaganda that makes you believe it's a mafia state. It's a boring bureaucratic state like everywhere else.

Skidmark, you have very little knowledge about Thailand, even less about Russia

Originally Posted by sabang

Russia got loads of Mafia, and various power centres all jostling for influence. That is why you are numpties trying to explain everything that happens in Russia as being the work of one Vlad the inhaler.

And if you think the Russian mafia works without consent from Vlad then you're as thick as Skidmark. HK I'll give you as having worked and lived there . . . Russia? You know the ins and out there as well?

Plenty of stuff happens without the knowledge &/or consent of Vlad. Are you really so naive?

Originally Posted by sabang

Plenty of stuff happens without the knowledge &/or consent of Vlad. Are you really so naive?

You seem to be

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Are you that fucking dumb?

Sadly he seems to be going down that road

Originally Posted by panama hat

Sadly he seems to be going down that road

Oh I think he's long past the road and onto the fast lane of the moron motorway.

Syria- Wrong
Venezuela- Wrong
Putin (God of Everything) - Wrong, again.

Stay dumb guys, it's good comic relief. I suppose I could provide you with links to inform yourselves, but na- stay Dumb.

Originally Posted by sabang

Syria- Wrong
Venezuela- Wrong
Putin (God of Everything) - Wrong, again.

Stay dumb guys, it's good comic relief. I suppose I could provide you with links to inform yourselves, but na- stay Dumb.

If I had the slightest fucking clue what you're waffling on about now, I'd probably put some effort into responding to it.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

If I had the slightest fucking clue what you're waffling on about now, I'd probably put some effort into responding to it.

You just curse and swear like a cvnt but you aren't really saying anything.

Russia is no more authoritarian than Singapore. It's the same system

Originally Posted by Backspin

You just curse and swear like a cvnt

Yes. You really are that dumb.

Originally Posted by Backspin

Russia is no more authoritarian than Singapore. It's the same system

It is and it isn't. Have you been to either? Have you studied the political systems in either, let alone both?


I feel I am repeating myself . . . but seriously, how dumb are you.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Yes. You really are that dumb.

Ask him how many political opponents and journalists the Singaporeans have murdered.

Nah, only joking, he's as thick as shit.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Ask him how many political opponents and journalists the Singaporeans have murdered.

Nah, only joking, he's as thick as shit.

only three prime ministers were elected in 60 years.All three belong to the same party; two of them are father and son.

Originally Posted by Backspin

only three prime ministers were elected in 60 years.All three belong to the same party; two of them are father and son.

You're ignoring everything else to try to make your feeble point . . . but ok. How does your statement mirror Russia?

Would you say Vlad is closer in likeness to Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible PH?

Originally Posted by sabang

Would you say Vlad is closer in likeness to Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible PH?

Harry and PH aren't such barbarians

They are more like the Rasputin era romantics

Originally Posted by sabang

Would you say Vlad is closer in likeness to Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible PH?

I don't know, show me some photos of them.

Originally Posted by helge

They are more like the Rasputin era romantics

Nah, not my type

^ Looks like Tom Hardy.