What are your feelings towards Russian president Vladamir Putin?
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I think that he has a mixed record. Although he has done a great deal to bring Russia out of the dark ages and into an energy giant in waiting, he has also done his fair share of things to quell internal discontent within Russia. The best example of this is his overt control of the media and his elimination of people who express popular discontent. Recently a Russian journalist named Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in very suspicious circumstances. He seems a good leader, but i think people should be suspicious of him even if only for his KGB past.
289159
He has the backing of Russia.
860162
Sad....yes.\nFarcical.....no.\nRomanov is a businessman who wants a return on his investment any way he can get it.\nHe appears to be the only realistic chairman/owner in Scottish football and as he's paying the wages of players who are at best no more than competent then he is entitled to crack the whip over them.\nIf any home-grown player isn't prepared to accept that fact of life then they will be replaced.    Heart of Midlothian FC isn't a romantic little item operated for the benefit of the fans.  It is big business and that is exactly what Romanov is treating it as.
864115
If you murder someone; You should be PUNISHED!!! I don't give a damn if it was Putin himself! Putin is clearly a dumbass anyways! I mean if he expects the world to believe that he had no part of that man's death!
978111
DOWN WITH PUTIN KGB FSB FOR THE MURDER OF THAT INNOCENT MAN. Because of them, his children are fatherless. God Will fight for him.
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i m not frm the US and so watever i m saying here  is in view of the reputation tht he has got abroad.\n\ni think tht he is a shrewd person and thinks abt things quite far off.he visited my country quite recently and the visit on the whole, was so-so. nothing really special abt it. i mean, Bill clinton on his visit was more interesting.\nBeing the prez is no piece of cake... i remember when i was the prez of a very very small org. - the literary club -  in my school... by jove! it was pretty uphill work. so, he, like all the other prez, is under a constant scrutiny. I bet tht he is receiving the same amt of criticism and appreciation as did the others.
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He is a fellow human being and as such I can do nothing but regard him as part of my family.\n\nAnd I am so very pleased that he is President of the US, not of the EU
746859
Putin has always had a yearning to return to the glory days of the Soviet Union.  He is slowly taking away basic speech rights and undermining the market reforms that were instituted when the wall came down.  He seems willing to retain and consolidate power at all costs.  Even if Putin did not specifically order the poisoning himself, it is certainly consistent with his overall policies and practices.
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ask him about him. how he feel about any given issue
14005
Through the eyes of US Resident : He will kill us all\n\nThrough the eyes of Indian : He is a great guy and helping India a lot\n\nThrough the eyes of an unbiased person : He is a strong and able Russian leader who improved the economy, trying to end Islamic Terrorism and trying to rebuild communist Soviet Union
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No, I am ashamed to admit that I have not; however, I would be very interested in knowing your views of him, how he's helped the Country since being elected and how the public, in general, feels about him.\n\nWhat do you feel are his strong points.  Does he, in your opinion, have any weak points?  How do you see the Country at the end of his term?\n\nCould you please do an 'add on' and fill me in?\n\nThank you =)\n\nADD ON:   Thank you so much for the additional details.   It sounds as though Presidente Chavez does have the welfare of his Country and his people at heart.  I would say this: if you feel his weakness is in his military training and what he could do with it, don't be completely blinded by all the great things he's doing.  Remember, Hitler did a lot of great things for Germany, too, for a while, including turning the economy around to a thriving condition again and the citizens of Germany thought he was going to save their Country.  I truly hope, for the sake of Venezuela, that Chavez is truly who he seems to be.  But never ignore the lessons of history.
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Crikey ~ I'm in for it now......I'll have to face the music.\n\nI hope he feels the emotional pain, terror and agony he caused to thousands of other people ..they say your life flashes before your eyes at the point of death....I hope he *Feels* what he did to others.
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As far as I know, Vladimir Putin is not going to run for the next term in 2008 since Russian Constitution does not allow him to be more than twice at the office.\nBut anyhow, he is believed to manage to reshape Constitution or which is more likely, to appoint a successor, who later on wins elections without problems.
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India:       Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen , President of India\n\nRussia:  Vladimir Putin, President of Russia
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Putin is exaclty what he is - an old KGB-nick.  He is a dictator without any interest in democracy.  He says that Russians should have their own brand of democracy, not Western democracy.  Well, what does that rhetoric mean? No Russian can tell you.\n\nMeanwhile, a lot of people inside the former Soviet Union still live in conditions of slavery.  For example, my brother in law lives on a "kolhoz" in central Bashkortostan, and they are forced to sell their milk for a price less than water.\n\nNo, Bush and Putin... Two devils have made an agreement with each other.
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I feel fine about it. Im from Russia.
933335
Politically, I don't care for his policies.\n\nAs a person, he seems very friendly, and personable.