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Time for west to stop being gullible
Top table at the morgue >

It's hard to imagine today, but there was a time he was seen as a champion of Democracy in Russia and the guy who would lead Russia to fully integrate with the perceived global order of the times. >

Then he got kinda senile. Why term limits should be a thing everywhere. >

Interestingly he's the one who pushed through the Russian Constitution which did have a 2 term limit on it. However he had that part of the Constitution removed a few years back to allow him to remain President for life. >

Initially the term limit was 2 consecutive ones.
Which explained why at some point Medvedev was his puppet boss before Putin took the office back. >

What kept Russia from recovering and flourishing for the last 30 years while participating in global politics as a neighbor? Or let's be fair, cut the chaotic nineties from this. What about the last 20 years? >

Old World Blues; The desire to return to a time when they perceived themselves to be better, to be stronger. It is an illusion. >

So, Make Russia Great Again? >

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 86%. (I'm a bot)


Tony Blair argued Vladimir Putin should be given a seat at the world's "Top table" despite misgivings from officials, newly released files reveal.
Files also show Mr Putin offered to build a gas pipeline to the UK. In early 2001, Mr Blair explained his approach to the Russian President telling new American Vice-President Dick Cheney that it would encourage him to "Reach for" Western attitudes and the West's economic model.
The anonymous writer pointed out that the Russian President's "Constructive" comments to Mr Blair were sometimes "Belied" by Russian actions.


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