Konstantin from Russia Blog points out a fundamental difference in how Russians, the British and Americans see their leaders, and what they want from them:
Putin is a Russian president and Russians elected him. I don’t find it strange that Putin tries to please his people. On the other hand, people like Bush or Blair would have no chances to be elected in Russia. Their speeches and the manner they speak would remind Russians too much about Brezhnev and years of communist demagogy.
Putin to me is one of the world’s most practical leaders - in the sense that he really has no big ideology and he has a technocratic style of leadership and, in a country that has had decade after decade of ideology drummed into them, is it at all surprising that someone basing their politics on an idea, any idea, would be met with suspicion?
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anton merkurov 07.07.05 at 12:37 am
True about Putin:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,1522191,00.html?gusrc=rss
Practical? Hm… Hi’s a “little, greedy, vindictive man” - says Boris Berezovskiy.
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