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It sure as hell ain't G.W. Bush whose popularity in the polls
is around 30% at home, and likely much lower overseas.
Vladamir Putin: "The world's most popular leader"?
12/01/07
On Sunday, Russians will vote in their country's parliamentary
elections. The results are a foregone conclusion. Putin's party,
United Russia, is expected to win in a landslide. The only question
is whether the margin of victory will exceed 70%. If it does, then
Putin will continue to be the most powerful player in Russian
politics even after he steps down from office next year.
Vladamir Putin is arguably the most popular leader in Russian
history, although you'd never know it by reading the western media.
According to a recent survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal,
Putin's personal approval rating in November 2007 was 85% making him
the most popular head of state in the world today. Putin's
popularity derives from many factors. He is personally clever and
charismatic. He is fiercely nationalistic and has worked tirelessly
to improve the lives of ordinary Russians and restore the country to
its former greatness. He has raised over 20 million Russians out of
grinding poverty, improved education, health care and the pension
system, (partially) nationalized critical industries, lowered
unemployment, increased manufacturing and exports, invigorated
Russian markets, strengthened the ruble, raised the overall standard
of living, reduced government corruption, jailed or exiled the venal
oligarchs, and amassed capital reserves of $450 billion.
If there's a downside to Putin's legacy, it's hard to see.
Russia is no longer "up for grabs" like it was after the fall of
the Soviet Union. Putin put an end to all of that. He reasserted
control over the country's vast resources and he's using them to
improve the lives of his own people. This is a real departure from
the 1990s, when the drunken Yeltsin steered Russia into economic
disaster by following Washington's neoliberal edicts and by selling
Russia's Crown Jewels to the vulturous [Jewish] oligarchs. Putin put
Russia's house back in order; stabilized the ruble, strengthened
economic/military alliances in the region, and removed the
corporate gangsters who had stolen Russia's national assets for
pennies on the dollar. The oligarchs are now all either in jail or
have fled the country. Russia is no longer "for sale".
Russia is, once again, a major world power and a force to be
reckoned with. It's star is steadily rising just as America's has
begun to wane. This may explain why Putin is despised by the West.
Freud might call it "petroleum envy", but it's deeper than that.
Putin has charted a course for social change that conflicts with
basic tenets of organized greed, which are the principles which
govern US foreign policy. He is not a member of the corporate-
banking brotherhood which believes the wealth of the world should be
divided among themselves regardless of the suffering or destruction
it may cause. Putin's primary focus is Russia; Russia's welfare,
Russia's sovereignty and Russia's place in the world. He is not a
globalist.
Read More...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18817.htm
is around 30% at home, and likely much lower overseas.
Vladamir Putin: "The world's most popular leader"?
12/01/07
On Sunday, Russians will vote in their country's parliamentary
elections. The results are a foregone conclusion. Putin's party,
United Russia, is expected to win in a landslide. The only question
is whether the margin of victory will exceed 70%. If it does, then
Putin will continue to be the most powerful player in Russian
politics even after he steps down from office next year.
Vladamir Putin is arguably the most popular leader in Russian
history, although you'd never know it by reading the western media.
According to a recent survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal,
Putin's personal approval rating in November 2007 was 85% making him
the most popular head of state in the world today. Putin's
popularity derives from many factors. He is personally clever and
charismatic. He is fiercely nationalistic and has worked tirelessly
to improve the lives of ordinary Russians and restore the country to
its former greatness. He has raised over 20 million Russians out of
grinding poverty, improved education, health care and the pension
system, (partially) nationalized critical industries, lowered
unemployment, increased manufacturing and exports, invigorated
Russian markets, strengthened the ruble, raised the overall standard
of living, reduced government corruption, jailed or exiled the venal
oligarchs, and amassed capital reserves of $450 billion.
If there's a downside to Putin's legacy, it's hard to see.
Russia is no longer "up for grabs" like it was after the fall of
the Soviet Union. Putin put an end to all of that. He reasserted
control over the country's vast resources and he's using them to
improve the lives of his own people. This is a real departure from
the 1990s, when the drunken Yeltsin steered Russia into economic
disaster by following Washington's neoliberal edicts and by selling
Russia's Crown Jewels to the vulturous [Jewish] oligarchs. Putin put
Russia's house back in order; stabilized the ruble, strengthened
economic/military alliances in the region, and removed the
corporate gangsters who had stolen Russia's national assets for
pennies on the dollar. The oligarchs are now all either in jail or
have fled the country. Russia is no longer "for sale".
Russia is, once again, a major world power and a force to be
reckoned with. It's star is steadily rising just as America's has
begun to wane. This may explain why Putin is despised by the West.
Freud might call it "petroleum envy", but it's deeper than that.
Putin has charted a course for social change that conflicts with
basic tenets of organized greed, which are the principles which
govern US foreign policy. He is not a member of the corporate-
banking brotherhood which believes the wealth of the world should be
divided among themselves regardless of the suffering or destruction
it may cause. Putin's primary focus is Russia; Russia's welfare,
Russia's sovereignty and Russia's place in the world. He is not a
globalist.
Read More...
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18817.htm