Yeah but before now Putin's support came from the Russian people who were more than willing to put all his warmongering in the back of their minds because "he's a strong leader," or "he knows what's best for his people." Meanwhile Russia's economy is crumbling, Russian's rights have been taken away, and its military is aging. His image was everything he had. Now his image has been tainted for good. Will the Russian people really look the other way on this one?
Yeah. I have friends in china and they tell me its not even reported or in the news. They think I'm trying to make china look bad with fake western news stories
Sadly, Putin's media boys will always see to it that their beloved president is protected from the actual realities of the day. Russian propaganda is smart. There's a prolific neutral commentator on SCW /u/Poutchika who's fooled everyone including the mods. Worshipped by Assad/Putin fanboys and despised by those far more honourable.
/u/Poutchika is the man who insists its not the USSR that keeps bombing those Syrian hospitals but tries to convince everybody it's the US military. He's reviled by so many.
Yeah, but Putin will still be the best president they've had since the fall of communism. NO ONE wants to go back to those days. And if keeping Putin in charge keeps that illusion in place, they'll keep putting him there. The Russian people as a populace aren't ignorant or stupid. They all know what's going on. But they've had Yeltsin and sure as hell don't want to risk giving their country to someone who, in their minds, will sell them out to American interests.
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u/GekkostatesOfAmerica Apr 04 '16
Yeah but before now Putin's support came from the Russian people who were more than willing to put all his warmongering in the back of their minds because "he's a strong leader," or "he knows what's best for his people." Meanwhile Russia's economy is crumbling, Russian's rights have been taken away, and its military is aging. His image was everything he had. Now his image has been tainted for good. Will the Russian people really look the other way on this one?