Demonization of Putin is one of the biggest threats to American national security,Stephen Cohen.

[rightwinger]

But why isn’t Russia demonizing Putin?

He has isolated them from the world, he has crippled their economy, he has set them back a century on human rights

What is wrong with the Russian public?

It's just that we see reality in Russia with our own eyes, not through the American media

Lets look at it through the eyes of national GDP

Russia has a population of 145 million but lags behind western powers with half the population

What happened Russia? You have had 30 years to bring your economy on par with the west and you failed. China did it. The west offered you favorable trade deals, equal footing, membership in the G7 industrialized nations

Putin pissed it all away. He thought his oil reserves would be enough to carry his economy. He was wrong

 

[Litwin]

Russia is stil the same shithole it was 30 years ago.

You were in Russia 30 years ago and now? I was Here's a little for comparison. Red Square in 1990. When Russia embarked on the path of Western democracy:

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And my village in our time. When Russia develops under the authoritarian rule of the bloody dictator Putin

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A little more comparisons in a separate topic: USSR-Russia. 1988-2018. Timeline.

You'll never understand why Russia has such a big support for Putin if you blindly believe the Western media. They do not tell the whole truth, and often deceive you directly.

Why would you support Putin?

He has held you back and prevented you from assuming your rightful place as a global economic power

Internet Research Agency - Wikipedia

 

[Litwin]

But why isn’t Russia demonizing Putin?

He has isolated them from the world, he has crippled their economy, he has set them back a century on human rights

What is wrong with the Russian public?

It's just that we see reality in Russia with our own eyes, not through the American media

Lets look at it through the eyes of national GDP

Russia has a population of 145 million but lags behind western powers with half the population

What happened Russia? You have had 30 years to bring your economy on par with the west and you failed. China did it. The west offered you favorable trade deals, equal footing, membership in the G7 industrialized nations

Putin pissed it all away. He thought his oil reserves would be enough to carry his economy. He was wrong

"Russia in Figures



The territory of Russia is 17.075.260 square meters. km and mainly lies north of 55 ° N.
Approximately 85% of the territory is not suitable for permanent comfortable living of the population. permafrost (areas of Siberia and the Far East) occupies 60% of the territory of Russia, swamps and wetlands almost 22%, rivers and lakes about 4%. Another part of the land is periodically flooded, part is occupied by mountains and forests, a little under ravines, part under deserts and solonchaks.

According to the State Statistics Committee's report for 2005, in Russia 2.2 million square meters of agricultural land are cultivated or used in agriculture. km, of which only 1.2 million for arable land, 0.2 million square kilometers are occupied by settlements of all types in the country. km, for industrial facilities and for military purposes 0.2 million, for other 0.1 million.
For a happy life, the Russians still have 2.561.289 square meters. km.
This is 15% of the territory ie. real Russia is slightly larger than Sudan, but less than Kazakhstan.
Average temperatures in January, in different regions, from 0 to -50 ° C, in July from 1 to 25 ° C, precipitation falls from 150 to 2000 mm per year.
At temperatures below -5 ° C, the maintenance costs of the infrastructure with each degree below zero increase exponentially.
Snow removal in the thickness of 40 cm in St. Petersburg takes more than 30 days.



Russia accounts for less than 2% of global GDP. The main export items (according to the Federal Customs Service) are gas and oil (70%), primary metals (15%), roundwood (10%), everything else, including equipment, weapons and technology - less than 5%.

According to soil scientists, 17.8% of agricultural land is subject to water erosion, 8.4% of wind erosion, 12.3% of wetlands and wetlands occupy wetlands and wetlands, and saline soils - 20.1%.
The land, not subject to all these misfortunes, in Russia is only 0.91 million square meters. km.
The agricultural season in most of Russia is 2-3 months (in Europe or the US 8-9 months). The average annual yield of cereals in Russia (on non-chernozems) is about 17 centners, in Germany, France and Great Britain (on nonchernozem) - 70 quintals per hectare, in Sweden - 60, in Ireland - 85, in Ukraine (on chernozems) - 24 in all.

The Russian state border stretches for 58,322 km and has 424 border crossings.
The total number of settlements is 157.895, of which more than 30.000 are still without telephone communication.
Most of the 39,000 abandoned villages and settlements are in the Central Federal District, the Northwest, the Far North, Siberia and the Far East.
In Russia only 65% of housing has been gasified.
Up to 75% of Russia's food needs are covered by imports.
78.7% of Russians consider cooperation with law enforcement bodies as unacceptable.
Russia consumes more than 20% of all heroin produced in the world.
The volume of the Russian market of heroin alone is estimated at $ 13 billion annually.
Every day in Russia, 100 people die because of a drug overdose.

In 2009, 786 terrorist acts were committed in Russia. Since the beginning of 2010, already 427.
The flying time of NATO strike aviation from the borders of Estonia and Latvia to St. Petersburg does not exceed 4 minutes, to Moscow - no more than 18.

Life in Russia is satisfied with two categories of people: those who are not in the know and those who are in the share.

63% of Russians with incomes above the national average would like their children to study and work abroad.
35% want their children to live abroad permanently.
At 2.000 vacancies for janitors opened in St. Petersburg in early 2010, there were fewer than 10 applicants.
The proposed salary is 12.000 rub / month.
The increase in the cost of travel in the St. Petersburg metro since 2003 is 35% per year.
Last year, more than 50 tons of explosives were seized at Russian airports.

The average Russian consumes 18 liters of alcohol per year. According to the conclusion of UN experts, the annual consumption of 8 liters of alcohol per capita leads to a serious degradation of the population.
In Russia, a pack of cigarettes can be bought for 30 cents, a bottle of beer, which can be bought at every corner 24 hours a day, is cheaper than a bottle of drinking water.
Only 1% of the water consumed by Russians meets the world quality standards.
in Russia there are 51,230 people who were exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl accident.

The State Duma and the Federation Council meet 12 billionaires, whose overall condition is estimated at 41 billion dollars.
Russia has 62 billionaires with a combined capital of $ 297 billion. Russian billionaires pay the lowest taxes in the world (13%) that their colleagues in France and Sweden (57%), in Denmark (61%) or Italy (66%) %).
26% of Russians have an outstanding loan.
143,000 people were deprived of the right to travel abroad due to problems with their debts.

According to the Rosgosstrakh CSR, in Russia the annual income is more than $ 1 million from 160,000 people, the annual income of more than $ 100,000 has 440,000 sem"

 

[Stratford57]

But why isn’t Russia demonizing Putin?

He has isolated them from the world, he has crippled their economy, he has set them back a century on human rights

What is wrong with the Russian public?

It's just that we see reality in Russia with our own eyes, not through the American media

Lets look at it through the eyes of national GDP

Russia has a population of 145 million but lags behind western powers with half the population

What happened Russia? You have had 30 years to bring your economy on par with the west and you failed. China did it. The west offered you favorable trade deals, equal footing, membership in the G7 industrialized nations

Putin pissed it all away. He thought his oil reserves would be enough to carry his economy. He was wrong

It's funny to watch, RW, how you are preaching to Balancer about "how bad it is to live in Russia" while he actually lives there and you don't. Keep trying.

There is a sad example of a country who has chosen Western "democracy" (actually has been forced to without asking the people's opinion) and where Deep State has brought its puppets to power: it's my home country of Ukraine, it officially became the poorest country in Europe last year. Just look at some numbers:

Azarov, the ex-PM of Ukraine: Those who were encouraging Ukrainians to overthrow “pro-Russian president and government” and to replace them with pro-European ones were promising to turn Ukraine into “another Switzerland or another France”. How has the situation in Ukraine changed since that?

- Ukraine is now in top ten in the list of the most poor countries in the world;

- Ukrainian state debt grew up to $77 billion dollars;

- Ukrainians’ income decreased significantly while some utilities increased 10 or more times;

- Civil war against her own population in Donbass on the top of everything. (During 4 years Ukrainian authorities were able to catch 11 (eleven!) Russian citizens in Donbass!)

- Population of Ukraine in 1991 when it separated from Russia was 52 million; before the 2014 coup it was 45 million and after 4 years it’s only 35 million. 30% of population went to Poland to work and 35% went to Russia to work (it’s very difficult and sometimes impossible to find a paid job in Ukraine).

The authorities have raised utilities payments so now monthly utilities payments= monthly retirement payments. My friend asked to tell Americans her big “thank you” for bringing their “democracy” to our country. She says now we all have a democratic choice: to die from hunger or to die from freezing.

And all that ^ in spite of over $3.6 billions of credit which Ukrainian pro-European politicians received from IMF and other foreign sponsors.

It's another reason ^ why Russians are going to reelect Putin on March,18.

P.S. Balancer , thanks for joining the thread, as a Russian citizen you are a lot more convincing than anybody else.

 

[rightwinger]

But why isn’t Russia demonizing Putin?

He has isolated them from the world, he has crippled their economy, he has set them back a century on human rights

What is wrong with the Russian public?

It's just that we see reality in Russia with our own eyes, not through the American media

Lets look at it through the eyes of national GDP

Russia has a population of 145 million but lags behind western powers with half the population

What happened Russia? You have had 30 years to bring your economy on par with the west and you failed. China did it. The west offered you favorable trade deals, equal footing, membership in the G7 industrialized nations

Putin pissed it all away. He thought his oil reserves would be enough to carry his economy. He was wrong

It's funny to watch, RW, how you are preaching to Balancer about "how bad it is to live in Russia" while he actually lives there and you don't. Keep trying.

There is a sad example of a country who has chosen Western "democracy" (actually has been forced to without asking the people's opinion) and where Deep State has brought its puppets to power: it's my home country of Ukraine, it officially became the poorest country in Europe last year. Just look at some numbers:

Azarov, the ex-PM of Ukraine: Those who were encouraging Ukrainians to overthrow “pro-Russian president and government” and to replace them with pro-European ones were promising to turn Ukraine into “another Switzerland or another France”. How has the situation in Ukraine changed since that?

- Ukraine is now in top ten in the list of the most poor countries in the world;

- Ukrainian state debt grew up to $77 billion dollars;

- Ukrainians’ income decreased significantly while some utilities increased 10 or more times;

- Civil war against her own population in Donbass on the top of everything. (During 4 years Ukrainian authorities were able to catch 11 (eleven!) Russian citizens in Donbass!)

- Population of Ukraine in 1991 when it separated from Russia was 52 million; before the 2014 coup it was 45 million and after 4 years it’s only 35 million. 30% of population went to Poland to work and 35% went to Russia to work (it’s very difficult and sometimes impossible to find a paid job in Ukraine).

The authorities have raised utilities payments so now monthly utilities payments= monthly retirement payments. My friend asked to tell Americans her big “thank you” for bringing their “democracy” to our country. She says now we all have a democratic choice: to die from hunger or to die from freezing.

And all that ^ in spite of over $3.6 billions of credit which Ukrainian pro-European politicians received from IMF and other foreign sponsors.

It's another reason ^ why Russians are going to reelect Putin on March,18.

P.S. Balancer , thanks for joining the thread, as a Russian citizen you are a lot more convincing than anybody else.

Putin is not the leader of the Ukraine (yet)

So far, he has only screwed up Russia

 

[Stratford57]

But why isn’t Russia demonizing Putin?

He has isolated them from the world, he has crippled their economy, he has set them back a century on human rights

What is wrong with the Russian public?

It's just that we see reality in Russia with our own eyes, not through the American media

Lets look at it through the eyes of national GDP

Russia has a population of 145 million but lags behind western powers with half the population

What happened Russia? You have had 30 years to bring your economy on par with the west and you failed. China did it. The west offered you favorable trade deals, equal footing, membership in the G7 industrialized nations

Putin pissed it all away. He thought his oil reserves would be enough to carry his economy. He was wrong

It's funny to watch, RW, how you are preaching to Balancer about "how bad it is to live in Russia" while he actually lives there and you don't. Keep trying.

There is a sad example of a country who has chosen Western "democracy" (actually has been forced to without asking the people's opinion) and where Deep State has brought its puppets to power: it's my home country of Ukraine, it officially became the poorest country in Europe last year. Just look at some numbers:

Azarov, the ex-PM of Ukraine: Those who were encouraging Ukrainians to overthrow “pro-Russian president and government” and to replace them with pro-European ones were promising to turn Ukraine into “another Switzerland or another France”. How has the situation in Ukraine changed since that?

- Ukraine is now in top ten in the list of the most poor countries in the world;

- Ukrainian state debt grew up to $77 billion dollars;

- Ukrainians’ income decreased significantly while some utilities increased 10 or more times;

- Civil war against her own population in Donbass on the top of everything. (During 4 years Ukrainian authorities were able to catch 11 (eleven!) Russian citizens in Donbass!)

- Population of Ukraine in 1991 when it separated from Russia was 52 million; before the 2014 coup it was 45 million and after 4 years it’s only 35 million. 30% of population went to Poland to work and 35% went to Russia to work (it’s very difficult and sometimes impossible to find a paid job in Ukraine).

The authorities have raised utilities payments so now monthly utilities payments= monthly retirement payments. My friend asked to tell Americans her big “thank you” for bringing their “democracy” to our country. She says now we all have a democratic choice: to die from hunger or to die from freezing.

And all that ^ in spite of over $3.6 billions of credit which Ukrainian pro-European politicians received from IMF and other foreign sponsors.

It's another reason ^ why Russians are going to reelect Putin on March,18.

P.S. Balancer , thanks for joining the thread, as a Russian citizen you are a lot more convincing than anybody else.

Putin is not the leader of the Ukraine (yet)

So far, he has only screwed up Russia

Putin has brought Yeltsin's Russia up from her knees to a pretty decent level. And will keep bringing her up and up (in spite of all the efforts from Western countries to stop it) for at least next 6 years.

While Ukraine under Washington and its puppets control has turned into a sh*thole. That was the price Ukraine had to pay for accepting Western "democracy". So, you better enjoy your "democracy" yourself and stop exporting it all over the world.

 

[rightwinger]

But why isn’t Russia demonizing Putin?

He has isolated them from the world, he has crippled their economy, he has set them back a century on human rights

What is wrong with the Russian public?

It's just that we see reality in Russia with our own eyes, not through the American media

Lets look at it through the eyes of national GDP

Russia has a population of 145 million but lags behind western powers with half the population

What happened Russia? You have had 30 years to bring your economy on par with the west and you failed. China did it. The west offered you favorable trade deals, equal footing, membership in the G7 industrialized nations

Putin pissed it all away. He thought his oil reserves would be enough to carry his economy. He was wrong

It's funny to watch, RW, how you are preaching to Balancer about "how bad it is to live in Russia" while he actually lives there and you don't. Keep trying.

There is a sad example of a country who has chosen Western "democracy" (actually has been forced to without asking the people's opinion) and where Deep State has brought its puppets to power: it's my home country of Ukraine, it officially became the poorest country in Europe last year. Just look at some numbers:

Azarov, the ex-PM of Ukraine: Those who were encouraging Ukrainians to overthrow “pro-Russian president and government” and to replace them with pro-European ones were promising to turn Ukraine into “another Switzerland or another France”. How has the situation in Ukraine changed since that?

- Ukraine is now in top ten in the list of the most poor countries in the world;

- Ukrainian state debt grew up to $77 billion dollars;

- Ukrainians’ income decreased significantly while some utilities increased 10 or more times;

- Civil war against her own population in Donbass on the top of everything. (During 4 years Ukrainian authorities were able to catch 11 (eleven!) Russian citizens in Donbass!)

- Population of Ukraine in 1991 when it separated from Russia was 52 million; before the 2014 coup it was 45 million and after 4 years it’s only 35 million. 30% of population went to Poland to work and 35% went to Russia to work (it’s very difficult and sometimes impossible to find a paid job in Ukraine).

The authorities have raised utilities payments so now monthly utilities payments= monthly retirement payments. My friend asked to tell Americans her big “thank you” for bringing their “democracy” to our country. She says now we all have a democratic choice: to die from hunger or to die from freezing.

And all that ^ in spite of over $3.6 billions of credit which Ukrainian pro-European politicians received from IMF and other foreign sponsors.

It's another reason ^ why Russians are going to reelect Putin on March,18.

P.S. Balancer , thanks for joining the thread, as a Russian citizen you are a lot more convincing than anybody else.

Putin is not the leader of the Ukraine (yet)

So far, he has only screwed up Russia

Putin has brought Yeltsin's Russia up from her knees to a pretty decent level. And will keep bringing her up and up (in spite of all the efforts from Western countries to stop it) for at least next 6 years.

While Ukraine under Washington and its puppets control has turned into a sh*thole. That was the price Ukraine had to pay for accepting Western "democracy". So, you better enjoy your "democracy" yourself and stop exporting it all over the world.

You have had 30 years and have accomplished nothing in turning Russia into an industrialized power

Look at East Germany....a former Soviet territory
They have used that 30 years to modernize, build industry and raise their standard of living

Russia has foundered while embracing old Soviet policies

 

[JakeStarkey]

Putin is still crawling around on his knees.

Russia is no economic powerhouse: it rates behind India and Italy and GDP.

 

[rightwinger]

Putin is still crawling around on his knees.

Russia is no economic powerhouse: it rates behind India and Italy and GDP.

Putin had them convinced that Russia was thriving under his leadership. But it was all built on hyper inflated oil revenues

Once oil collapsed and Obama led sanctions took hold, Putin struggled

The Russian people are too dumb to realize Putin is leading them to rampant stagnation

 

[Wry Catcher]

Everything anyone needs to know about Putin was on display last night on 60-Minutes. Watch it and be horrified of the results of the nerve gas attack on civilians, and the bodies of men, women and dozens of children.

Support for the Butcher of Syria by Russia is evil!

WARNING THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WITH EMPATHY CRY AND/OR ENRAGED!

What a chemical attack in Syria looks like

 

[Tehon]

Everything anyone needs to know about Putin was on display last night on 60-Minutes. Watch it and be horrified of the results of the nerve gas attack on civilians, and the bodies of men, women and dozens of children.

Support for the Butcher of Syria by Russia is evil!

WARNING THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WITH EMPATHY CRY AND/OR ENRAGED!

What a chemical attack in Syria looks like

Now Mattis admits there was no evidence Assad used poison gas on his people

 

[Litwin]

Putin is still crawling around on his knees.

Russia is no economic powerhouse: it rates behind India and Italy and GDP.

TIL Russia has a smaller GDP than California, Texas or New York ...

... Spain and Russia had roughly equal ...

 

[Wry Catcher]

Everything anyone needs to know about Putin was on display last night on 60-Minutes. Watch it and be horrified of the results of the nerve gas attack on civilians, and the bodies of men, women and dozens of children.

Support for the Butcher of Syria by Russia is evil!

WARNING THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WITH EMPATHY CRY AND/OR ENRAGED!

What a chemical attack in Syria looks like

Now Mattis admits there was no evidence Assad used poison gas on his people

Mattis may not have the evidence, CBS has it in spades.

 

[Stratford57]

Everything anyone needs to know about Putin was on display last night on 60-Minutes. Watch it and be horrified of the results of the nerve gas attack on civilians, and the bodies of men, women and dozens of children.

Support for the Butcher of Syria by Russia is evil!

WARNING THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WITH EMPATHY CRY AND/OR ENRAGED!

What a chemical attack in Syria looks like

Now Mattis admits there was no evidence Assad used poison gas on his people

Mattis may not have the evidence, CBS has it in spades.

The alleged chemical attack took place in ISIS controlled territory in Damascus suburbs area. ISIS had a lot more chances to pull it out than Assad. And ISIS had reasons for that while Assad did not. Why? Because it hurts Assad and helps ISIS.

Besides, your favorite “leader” Obama has confirmed that Assad got rid of all his chemical weapons.
On 18 August 2014, all of the most toxic chemicals had been destroyed offshore.
Destruction of Syria's chemical weapons - Wikipedia

Lavrov said today: "Mass media released fake news saying that chlorine was used yesterday or this morning in Eastern Ghouta (a Damascus suburb - TASS), referring to an anonymous source living in the US."

"The attempts (at misinformation) will continue for the sole purpose of discrediting government forces and blaming them for all mortal sins and war crimes," he said. "This will be done with the aim of systematically pushing ahead with actions that we already observe in the eastern regions of Syria, where the United States is enforcing its scenario of creating a quasi-state and dismembering the country. We will continue to discuss this theme further on with the Americans and with their allies in the coalition."

"They (the US and its allies - TASS) should explain why these actions are taken despite the fact that Resolution 2401 proved the need for Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. So, there are many questions here," he said.
Russian top diplomat forecasts more 'fake news' aimed at tearing apart Syria

 

[Litwin]

Russia's Reserve Fund Runs out of Money 14 Years After Its Founding ...
Russia's Reserve Fund Runs out of Money 14 Years After Its Founding
Jan 12, 2018 - Photo: Pexels. 1. Russia's sovereign Reserve Fund dries up after several years of budget deficit. What happened: Russia's sovereign Reserve Fund, which was built up over the years with profits from oil exports, is empty and has ceased to exist, the Finance Ministry announced on Tuesday. The Russian ...
Russia's Reserve Fund is kaput — Meduza
Russia's Reserve Fund is kaput
Jan 10, 2018 - Russia's Reserve Fund was finally exhausted in December 2017 and will formally cease to exist on February 1, 2018, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday. ... Russian finance officials originally expected the Reserve Fund to empty out in early 2017, but it lasted an extra year, thanks to the price of oil ...

 

[Lewdog]

That great Putin guy that is now one of the richest men in the world, what has he done outside of being an employee of the KGB and a politician to earn it?

 

[Tehon]

That great Putin guy that is now one of the richest men in the world, what has he done outside of being an employee of the KGB and a politician to earn it?

How do you know what he is worth?

 

[Tehon]

Everything anyone needs to know about Putin was on display last night on 60-Minutes. Watch it and be horrified of the results of the nerve gas attack on civilians, and the bodies of men, women and dozens of children.

Support for the Butcher of Syria by Russia is evil!

WARNING THIS VIDEO IS GRAPHIC AND ENOUGH TO MAKE ANYONE WITH EMPATHY CRY AND/OR ENRAGED!

What a chemical attack in Syria looks like

Now Mattis admits there was no evidence Assad used poison gas on his people

Mattis may not have the evidence, CBS has it in spades.

I watched the show. They didn't provide any evidence. Your making it up.

 

[Litwin]

That great Putin guy that is now one of the richest men in the world, what has he done outside of being an employee of the KGB and a politician to earn it?

yes, not just him but + all his realities and friends
Vladimir Putin Is Richer Than Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates Combined ...
fortune.com › International › Donald Trump
Jul 29, 2017 - Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made waves this week when he briefly unseated Bill Gates as the wealthiest person in the world, according to Bloomberg's tracker. The two U.S. tech titans are jockeying for the lead at around $90 billion each. But according to Hermitage Capital Management CEO Bill Browder, ...

 

[Litwin]

That great Putin guy that is now one of the richest men in the world, what has he done outside of being an employee of the KGB and a politician to earn it?

How do you know what he is worth?

Financier Bill Browder says Vladimir Putin is worth $200 billion

Is Vladimir Putin the richest person in the world? This financier says he's worth more than Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos combined. Catherine Clifford. 1:16 PM ET Mon, 31 July 2017. CNBC.com. Vladimir Putin. Alexander Zemlianichenko | Pool | Reuters. Vladimir Putin ...