Let's now reason objectively, not a drop of prejudice or illusion!
Vladimir Putin before the collapse of the Soviet Union was a KGB officer.
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1. the captain
2. The KGB
KGB, if you do not know, analogue of your CIA. But only this is slightly different.)) The KGB was engaged in the protection of socialist ideals in the days of the USSR, and did not sell cocaine !!
In the days of Stalin, this service was called the NKVD. After Stalin's death, the people were so frightened by the very word that this service was renamed the KGB, but the essence of this has not changed. This service was merciless to the traitors and the so-called "enemies of Soviet power."
It was not important, where was this "enemy", the verdict was carried out clearly!
"After an ineffectual attempt to have Trotsky murdered in March 1939, Stalin assigned the overall organization of implementing the task to the
NKVD officer
Pavel Sudoplatov, who in turn co-opted
Nahum Eitingon. According to Sudoplatov's
Special Tasks, the NKVD proceeded to set up three NKVD agent networks to carry out the murder, one of which relied on
Ramón Mercader. According to Sudoplatov, all three networks were designed to operate entirely autonomously from the NKVD's hitherto-established spy networks in the U.S. and Mexico."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky
"On 15 October 1959, Stepan Bandera collapsed outside of Kreittmayrstrasse 7 in
Munich and died shortly thereafter. A medical examination established that the cause of his death was poison by
cyanide gas.
[80] On 20 October 1959, Stepan Bandera was buried in the
Waldfriedhof Cemetery in Munich. His grave was desecrated on 17 August 2014 by unknown vandals, who toppled the 1.8 m cross.
[81]
Two years after his death, on 17 November 1961, the German judicial bodies announced that Bandera's murderer had been a KGB defector named
Bohdan Stashynsky who acted on the orders of Soviet
KGB head
Alexander Shelepin and Soviet premier
Nikita Khrushchev.
[82] After a detailed investigation against Stashynsky, a trial took place from 8 to 15 October 1962. Stashynsky was convicted, and on 19 October he was sentenced to eight years in prison."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera
The same thing happened inside the USSR. Everywhere there were informants, one could not even say that in the USSR life is bad or, God forbid, say something bad about the Soviet power .. even at home, inviting friends ..
Over time, it reached the point of absurdity !! My father told me a story that one peasant was celebrating his birthday in the village, his birthday was one day earlier than that of Stalin. He was drunk when he allowed himself to say that he was older)) Stalin by age .. The next morning, his house was empty .. All his family and himself were taken to Siberia for a settlement.
So that he does not equate himself to Stalin !! Nobody knew where they were! It only became clear after many years !! Everyone thought that they were shot !!! After that, everyone was very frightened in the village and no one else ANYBODY about Stalin said such a thing .. even in a dream in delirium !!
Now you understand what Vladimir Putin was doing before he became president of Russia.
What I personally remember the negative from his presidency is the seizure by the "terrorists" in Moscow of the theater during the performance and undermining of residential settlements in Budyonovsk by the same "terrorists". This was an act to justify the war in Chechnya and to warm up the Russian's hatred of the Chechens. It's very similar to 9/11 .. the script is like a twin !!! What can I say about Putin as a person: this is a very wicked, witty and literate person. It is rare to find a politician who evokes sympathy for his behavior and his speech. 90% of Russians like Putin, the rest 10 .. hate !! Good or bad for whom? Russia is moving forward, it is growing, no matter what !! Assuming that the opposition will now come to power in Russia, it will be like perestroika in 1985, which will entail an indelible crisis and another collapse !! In order to rule the empire, you can not be soft-it's a collapse !!
What is Putin doing now? He is trying to recreate the USSR in conditions of decaying capitalism)); He himself once said that this idea is utopian, but for some reason actually contradicts itself! Most likely, he woke up with an imperial appetite, especially after he jerked the bolt in Syria, despite the sanctions and the whole world was scared. In Russia, now also a complete state monopoly, as in the USSR. The fly will not fly without the knowledge of Putin!))) He seized total power over the minds of Russians, they will follow him anywhere! But it's not Stalin, it's a businessman who does not sacrifice his interests or life, for his country, he's more important than a bank account !! I'm sure Putin is the richest man in the world !! Do you yourself do not know who is a rich man ?!)) This greedy person! The richest man is the most greedy person, respectively!)))
You excuse me, Bro, that I answer floridly .. But you puzzled me with your question !! I am sure that I will answer more accurately after you answer the question: George Bush Jr. blew up two skyscrapers and personally killed 3,000 US citizens-is it good or bad?