Because we're not looking for somebody who defends Russia were looking for somebody who criticizes it.
No, you're looking for that. I don't mind pointing when Putin has a point, however despicable I may find him.
He presides over the largest land mass on the globe and has nuclear weapons as well as a large store of fossil fuels. He abolished local elections, obliterated the TV news, wiped out opposition political parties and may have ordered many killings of political rivals. He's certainly sent a major rival to prison in Siberia.
All true.
"the stupidest and most criminal leaders in the West for a long while."
That also includes Blair, Berlusconi & Chirac.
Are you saying you think George Bush is worse than Vladimir Putin?
For Russians: probably not. For the rest of the world: undoubtedly yes. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
I'd like to add that I think it's highly offensive to the Russian people that you don't hold them accountable for what their government does. Are they inferior beings like monkeys or dogs who can't be expected to come up to Western standards in this regard? You ought to stop hating them so much.
So if he fails to call Russians to account for the acts of their elected government, he's even less a true critic of Russia and certainly no alternative to La Russophobe. Russia is the best country in the world . . . except for all the others!
"Western" ? "standards" ? Care to elaborate what those things are ?
It's clear that you rarely right about Russia
Was that a typo for "you're rarely right about Russia", or for "you rarely write about Russia", though? The suspense is killing me. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
So your blog is not a source a reader could turn to for daily criticism of Russia, as mine is.
That's a precarious position to be in, you know - faced with stiff competition from the US administration, most of the "serious" media of the West and many European governments, you might be drowned out soon. Would you consider this success, or failure?
Here, you might get frequent criticism of the Putinocrats. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
I think the change of power is an excellent harbinger that this may happen, and I believe that opposing the neo-Soviet Union is a perfect bipartisan task which can unify both the American parties and the America-Europe divide in a common and meritorious struggle. Russia is the best country in the world . . . except for all the others!
