Straight from the FF play book
#leadership
It’s why trump loves him , no swamp in kremlin area of Moscow.
He’s an absolute scumbag and all but, you could argue, he does make the lives of most Russians better…
You could also argue he doesn’t, especially given as the crown jewels of the state assets were stripped and made multi billionaires of a clique overnight.
Like pj and the Limerick hurling fraternity cc @Batt_the_Ladd
The grestest political leader of his generation, by a mile.
Compared to yeltsin things are much better
How so mate?
Life Expectancy a lot higher now
Does longer life equate to better life? We should be looking to reduce life expectancy to save the planet.
Aren’t Russia a huge exporter of fossil fuel?
Yes.
Yes
Short and sweet. Thanks mate
It was Yeltsin who gave away the state assets but that is beside the point there’s a great book on it by Bill Browder. It’s called Red Notice and it’s absolutely fucking mental what went on over there after the fall of communism
Not for double agents
Traitors
Isn’t Putin reputedly the richest man in the world?
Ya but sure who knows if that’s true.
He didn’t create the Oligarchs but they pay him large sums of protection money so he doesn’t uncreate them
I think he does if they don’t toe the line
You’d want your head examined not to if you were an oligarch.
The cost of doing business.
Yeah. Lads who disagree with Putin tend to be very accident prone