Maybe this is what Russians get for giving Putin free reign for a quarter of a century.
Don’t want to see anyone get hurt, but FFS the Russian people just went along with it when Putin came to power and steadily gained ever more control of the government. The Russian people could have stopped this 10, 15, 20 years ago but didn’t. Now they have an entrenched mad man in there who controls everything, has gotten them into a pointless war in Ukraine, and clearly shows no sign of stepping down.
Bill was President up until 2001 and Putin gained power only 2 years earlier. At the time there was no reason not to support him. He was a freely elected leader. But that was 2 decades ago and a whole lot of things changed since then.
Maybe this is what Russians get for giving Putin free reign for a quarter of a century.
Don’t want to see anyone get hurt, but FFS the Russian people just went along with it when Putin came to power and steadily gained ever more control of the government. The Russian people could have stopped this 10, 15, 20 years ago but didn’t. Now they have an entrenched mad man in there who controls everything, has gotten them into a pointless war in Ukraine, and clearly shows no sign of stepping down.
Attacks on Russian soil have only started.
Russians have tried to get him out of office but then they get arrested, radiation poisoning or suicided.
They’ve had protests, sure, and individuals have tried to go up against him, but never in the masses needed to overthrow his government.
Sadly Bill Clinton and Tony Blair backed Putin initially. It’s not totally the people’s fault.
Bill was President up until 2001 and Putin gained power only 2 years earlier. At the time there was no reason not to support him. He was a freely elected leader. But that was 2 decades ago and a whole lot of things changed since then.
Merkel as well