Vladimir Putin: The Controversial Life of Russia’s President by Charles River Editors

Author:Charles River Editors
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Published: 2014-03-23T00:00:00+00:00

Most importantly, Putin’s supporters were more likely to favor order over democracy in the wake of the post-Soviet break-up, and if the West is unhappy with the presence of a former Soviet agent in the president’s chair in Russia, it might think better of the situation and realize that Putin is, in some ways, the most liberal type of candidate available. As one writer put it, the West’s dissatisfaction with Putin exists because Westerners think Russia “should move to a Western democracy quickly, and that there is a liberal opposition ready to lead the transformation...the first is mistaken, the second is a fantasy...there is no Thomas Jefferson waiting in the wings.”[56] Xenophobic by nature, what is on the mind of the average Russian would mystify many, “and no more than one Russian in ten cares about democratic liberties and civil rights.”[57] When asked to name 10 great men, most Russians named 9 Russians, and some picked Napoleon as the 10th despite his famous invasion of Russia.

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