Do you think Putin will rule Russia for life?

[virtualx]

I don’t think so, but I think Putin will rule for at least another decade and then he will prepare his successor. Doing this should not be that hard since the Russian people seem to think that he's doing a great job.

It will depend on his health, he is getting older. The big question is who will replace him 

Nobody likes to be cheated. So, how is it that Stalin killed as many as 100 million people in the USSR? If he had never made it into office, this "purge" might not have happened. He told us how he made it into office. He or his people counted the votes.

He did not personally kill 100 million people, but the people (his supporters) did. If he had not made it into office, there may have been another killing. Powerful people often get mad.

[Herp]

No, yes, maybe, but no.

[Xester]

I do not know much of Putin, his background or personality.  If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader and if you want change do it with yourself first.  I guarantee you that he will not rule Russia for life as he will get old and soon dies.  I am sure that many aspiring leaders will like to go head to head with him on the next election if they are unhappy with how he handles Russia.

[bryant.coleman]

If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader

That is exactly the reason why Americans and other anti-Russians are so pissed off about Putin. They want someone similar to Boris Yeltsin, who allowed the oligarchs to loot the Russian national wealth. Putin banished most of the oligarchs, and many of them are now living in Western cities such as London and Zurich.

[v1ryspro]

If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader

That is exactly the reason why Americans and other anti-Russians are so pissed off about Putin. They want someone similar to Boris Yeltsin, who allowed the oligarchs to loot the Russian national wealth. Putin banished most of the oligarchs, and many of them are now living in Western cities such as London and Zurich.

In part you are right, that if someone did not say, VV Putin, create one much good for Russia and the Russian people. And Vladimir Putin, is sometimes mistaken. But recently, Vladimir Putin becomes wiser and running the country, almost without mistakes.

[BADecker]

If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader

That is exactly the reason why Americans and other anti-Russians are so pissed off about Putin. They want someone similar to Boris Yeltsin, who allowed the oligarchs to loot the Russian national wealth. Putin banished most of the oligarchs, and many of them are now living in Western cities such as London and Zurich.

In part you are right, that if someone did not say, VV Putin, create one much good for Russia and the Russian people. And Vladimir Putin, is sometimes mistaken. But recently, Vladimir Putin becomes wiser and running the country, almost without mistakes.

'Cause he's watching Trump in the news.    

[v1ryspro]

If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader

That is exactly the reason why Americans and other anti-Russians are so pissed off about Putin. They want someone similar to Boris Yeltsin, who allowed the oligarchs to loot the Russian national wealth. Putin banished most of the oligarchs, and many of them are now living in Western cities such as London and Zurich.

In part you are right, that if someone did not say, VV Putin, create one much good for Russia and the Russian people. And Vladimir Putin, is sometimes mistaken. But recently, Vladimir Putin becomes wiser and running the country, almost without mistakes.

'Cause he's watching Trump in the news.    

You are wrong, Trump, has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. The fact that Vladimir Putin began to send everyone who is trying to impose its point of view in recent years. Vladimir Putin, began to think less about how his actions look more. In general, V.V.P, put a large bolt on all those who do not like something. And he controls Russia as schetaet fit. It acts as a better for Russia and the Russian people.

[BADecker]

If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader

That is exactly the reason why Americans and other anti-Russians are so pissed off about Putin. They want someone similar to Boris Yeltsin, who allowed the oligarchs to loot the Russian national wealth. Putin banished most of the oligarchs, and many of them are now living in Western cities such as London and Zurich.

In part you are right, that if someone did not say, VV Putin, create one much good for Russia and the Russian people. And Vladimir Putin, is sometimes mistaken. But recently, Vladimir Putin becomes wiser and running the country, almost without mistakes.

'Cause he's watching Trump in the news.    

You are wrong, Trump, has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. The fact that Vladimir Putin began to send everyone who is trying to impose its point of view in recent years. Vladimir Putin, began to think less about how his actions look more. In general, V.V.P, put a large bolt on all those who do not like something. And he controls Russia as schetaet fit. It acts as a better for Russia and the Russian people.

The point isn't Trump. The point is that even Putin had to learn the things that make him a great leader. The second point is that once he is gone, will his successor be nearly as good? Stalin seemed to be a good leader. But his leadership cost at least 10s of thousands of CCCP citizens their lives. How do you judge a good leader?

[Herp]

At least the guy is not a communist and tries to encourage capitalism in Russia to some degree.

If you look at the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, very few leaders ruled for life. Who would have thought Stalin would be killed by his right hand guy?

Putin himself raised to power with the help of Boris Berezovsky which later on became one of his biggest enemies, after Putin turned on him.

Putin is very popular outside Moscow but not so much inside the capital. Someone can try and take away his power but so far Putin was able to squash all potential opposition better than many of his predecessors.

[Daniel91]

In last 400-500 years I don't think that Russians ever had peaceful and democratic change of leadership.
Remember Russian imperial family in 1918?
Or Stalin and Lenin?
President Yeltsin?
He chose his successor Putin.
In Russia there is no real democratic tradition and standard so there is no chance that Putin will ever loose election in Russia and loose all political power.

[BADecker]

Putin Calls Out Rigged U.S. Democracy:
'You Actually Believe US Elections are Democratic?'

This narrative – regurgitated by the mainstream U.S. media – is that Russia's Vladimir Putin is actively working to subvert the U.S. presidential election.

Make no mistake that the Clinton campaign is intentionally attempting to draw the public's attention away from the Clinton/DNC's concerted effort to usurp the will of American voters and rigging the Democratic nomination in favor of Clinton.

In addition to the evidence contained in the WikiLeaks' DNC email release, the organization Election Justice USA, a non-partisan organization advocating for voters' rights and standing against election fraud and voter suppression in all forms, has released a damning report titled, Democracy Lost: A Report on the Fatally Flawed 2016 Democratic Primary. The report highlighted the following phenomena indicative of widespread vote rigging:

Targeted voter suppression

Registration tampering

Illegal voter purges

Exit polling discrepancies

Evidence for voting machine tampering

The security (or lack thereof) of various voting machine type

Interestingly, Russian President Vladimir Putin preemptively addressed allegations of Russian interference in U.S. elections, and in turn, questioned the legitimacy of U.S. democracy during a panel discussion at the St Petersburg Economic Forum.

Putin was joined onstage by scholar, author and CNN foreign affairs correspondent, Fareed Zakaria, as well as Kazakhstan President, Nursultan Nazarbayev and by 41-year-old Italian Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi.

CNN's Zakaria is a renowned leftist-globalist, as well as a member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and is known for his work as author of, 'The Post-American World.' He is considered gifted minded in many political circles but is the virtual embodiment of Western globalism underpinned by U.S. hegemonic imperialism.

After seeing Putin's response to Zakaria's disingenuous question it becomes crystal clear why U.S. mainstream media doesn't often show Putin. His penchant for direct, honest, rational discourse clearly refutes the constant droning on by paid corporate media talking heads attempting to paint Putin as some aggressive and irrational nut. Hillary has gone so far as to equate Putin with Adolf Hitler, which flies in the face of reality. In fact, Putin strikes directly at the heart of the American government's legitimacy to rule in his response to Zakaria's question.

Putin crushes CNN smartass Fareed Zakaria on Donald Trump and US elections

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBTBBNOtbhM


Read more at http://www.dcclothesline.com/2016/08/09/putin-calls-out-rigged-u-s-democracy-you-actually-believe-us-elections-are-democratic/.

[wakinsor]

another decade maybe but not for life
people that don't like him wouldn't allow that

[BADecker]

another decade maybe but not for life
people that don't like him wouldn't allow that

Putin is former KGB. With war being the possibility, they would be stupid to get rid of him while he is still an able leader.

[groll]

I do not know much of Putin, his background or personality.  If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader and if you want change do it with yourself first.  I guarantee you that he will not rule Russia for life as he will get old and soon dies.  I am sure that many aspiring leaders will like to go head to head with him on the next election if they are unhappy with how he handles Russia.

Same here I do not know him or familiar with him.  Seems like some countries look at Russia as a threat since their president I think is a tough guy.  He is not like those presidents who were relying on some other decision.  He must have some greatness as leaders of other countries are always criticizing this brave leader.

[1Cz]

Russia is the future. Here in the west everything is decaying
Putins is doing many many good thing for Russia, but only Russia..

[Sanekavg13]

If you are a citizen of Russia then you might just be happy that you have a brave leader

That is exactly the reason why Americans and other anti-Russians are so pissed off about Putin. They want someone similar to Boris Yeltsin, who allowed the oligarchs to loot the Russian national wealth. Putin banished most of the oligarchs, and many of them are now living in Western cities such as London and Zurich.

In part you are right, that if someone did not say, VV Putin, create one much good for Russia and the Russian people. And Vladimir Putin, is sometimes mistaken. But recently, Vladimir Putin becomes wiser and running the country, almost without mistakes.

'Cause he's watching Trump in the news.    

You are wrong, Trump, has absolutely nothing to do with this situation. The fact that Vladimir Putin began to send everyone who is trying to impose its point of view in recent years. Vladimir Putin, began to think less about how his actions look more. In general, V.V.P, put a large bolt on all those who do not like something. And he controls Russia as schetaet fit. It acts as a better for Russia and the Russian people.

The point isn't Trump. The point is that even Putin had to learn the things that make him a great leader. The second point is that once he is gone, will his successor be nearly as good? Stalin seemed to be a good leader. But his leadership cost at least 10s of thousands of CCCP citizens their lives. How do you judge a good leader?

I was not a contemporary of Stalin. But much of what Stalin did was done well for Russia. Stalin, before his death, ill. Stalin had delusions of grandeur, and he was haunted by the obsession that he wants to kill someone. Here on this, Stalin and shot hundreds of people. But how can you be offended by a sick person? Blame is not crazy and the people who obey the crazy

[Sanekavg13]

In last 400-500 years I don't think that Russians ever had peaceful and democratic change of leadership.
Remember Russian imperial family in 1918?
Or Stalin and Lenin?
President Yeltsin?
He chose his successor Putin.
In Russia there is no real democratic tradition and standard so there is no chance that Putin will ever loose election in Russia and loose all political power.

You called several leaders, who ruled Russia. People ruled Russia, it was much more. If Stalin and Lenin due to the nature of time, often used to control terror. But since Mikhail Gorbachev in Russia, no one and no one, not forced to do. Men make their choice.

[squatz1]

Probably, as he once went ahead and switched from PM of the country to President with the President at the time. Got no clue how this whole "DEMOCRACY" thing works in Russia, but this isn't how it's suppose to work.


Hehe, love the dam Russians.

[nor9850]

Probably and thats why we should not vote in Trump, once you vote for a guy like that, it could be the last vote you get! #TrevorNoah

[Xester]

I don’t think so, but I think Putin will rule for at least another decade and then he will prepare his successor. Doing this should not be that hard since the Russian people seem to think that he's doing a great job.

It will depend on his health, he is getting older. The big question is who will replace him 

Absolutely!  Its absurd to think that he will rule Russia for life.  Sorry to take it so serious.  But of course, we knew that he's getting any younger.  Not really familiar with him but I think what he is doing right now is something extravagant.
Far from being ordinary thing that rulers or leaders are doing.  He gave everyone this impression of a powerful leader that some leader maybe became more afraid on Russia.  They are afraid on him as to what he can do for his country if someone opposes them.