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> military/security service coups were always very unsuccessful Until ultimately a KGB agent took over and has been in power ever since.
by zepto 5y ago
> military/security service coups were always very unsuccessful
Until ultimately a KGB agent took over and has been in power ever since.
- sudosysgen 5y agoHe didn't take over the USSR, he took over the Russian Federation, which is very different. He overthrew a "democracy" as the US called it as part of the FSB.
- holoduke 5y agoI would advise to watch some content with Putin speaking. A hell more intelligent and constructive than most US presidents. Russia is very power fragile country. It requires a very strict setup to hold stability. Lots of western countries (specially the US) are trying to break the stability by supporting lunatics which we in the west call the opposition. Those lunatics have one single mission and that is to destabilise or sabotage the Russian society. I will never say it's right to simply murder your opponents. But currently the country is very stable, safe and economically made enormous steps last 20 years. Leadership in Russia is very strong. It has still many issues to resolve. But please can the west stop enforcing their so called 'freedom' setup in non democratic countries.
- reducesuffering 5y agoYes, many do not realize that Putin is quite intelligent or the complexities of the Russian state that could cause some unfortunate power struggles without Putin. However, you're completely glossing over why Western countries have such problems with Putin. Do you have evidence of the West "enforcing" their ideals with the Russian state? Because here are a list of practically doubtless examples of the Russian state actually being the one enforcing their ideals onto other states: Poisonings / assassination attempts outside their borders Election interference in the US and Europe Donbass Crimea Georgia
- zepto 5y ago> I will never say it's right to simply murder your opponents. But.. Nice turn of phrase!
- droptablemain 5y agoPutin is a) not a communist anymore. b) quite popular in Russia.
- zepto 5y ago> b) quite popular in Russia. This is true, but from what I hear this is mostly because he’s preferable than a power struggle between his oligarchs which is what people expect would happen in his absence.
- Mikeb85 5y agoAlso because Russia under his rule is far better than it was during the 90's. Their economic progress has been remarkable after a major collapse.
- vkou 5y agoAnd also in comparison to the utter diaster that was the brief period of democracy in Russia. The 90s were utterly horrible to live through. Now, the reason the 90s were a disaster were not because Russia was a democracy, but nobody will take a foreigner making that argument seriously (and Putin can deal with locals making that argument).
- postingawayonhn 5y agoYou would be if you jail/murder/disappear all the opposition figures.
- droptablemain 5y agoThe Russian mother of someone I know here in LA has pictures of Putin all over her house. I'm fully aware this is anecdotal, but by every metric, Putin is a popular guy within Russia. He's also probably unfairly demonized by the West, so our view of him is skewed.
- reducesuffering 5y ago"Unfairly demonized" Multiple poisonings / assassination attempts, even in the UK Election interference in the US and Europe Donbass Crimea Georgia
- webmaven 5y ago> Until ultimately a KGB agent took over and has been in power ever since. Amazing how Andropov has stayed in power so long. The guy's 107 years old!