Is President Vladimir Putin the greatest statesman of the 21st century?

14 Answers Profile photo for Tatyana Kolesnik Tatyana Kolesnik, studied Bachelor of Science in Nursing Answered November 21, 2020 · Author has 126 answers and 134.8K answer views Russian people have a saying that only history can tell if someone was great or not by looking back. Even though Vladimir Putin is still the president of Russia, he is by far the greatest statesman in Russia among Vladimir the Great who consolidated the Russian lands and brought Christianity to pagan Russia, Yaroslav the Wise who wrote common law and Rus Truth law, Ivan the Terrible who freed Russia from Golden Hordes, Peter the Great who brought Enlightenment to Russia, Empress Elizabeth, Peter the Great’s daughter who stopped death penalty in Russia, Catherine the Great who stopped torture in Russia and expanded Russian territory, and Alexander II the Liberator who emancipated Russian serfs. When Putin took over Russia: Russia was a bankrupt state with no money left in the Russian treasury, people worked months and months without receiving a salary. Most industrial and military factories in Russia were closed or sold to foreigners from the auctions. Russian military dropped to the most pitiful position. The Russian military had no money. Yeltsin engaged Russia in 2 wars with Chechnya. Chechen people ended up feeding starving Russian soldiers. I heard from people who visited the Russian military base in Chechnya during those times. They said that Russian soldiers didn’t have warm clothes and had to sleep in cold tents. Anatoly Chubais advised Yeltsin to signed a degree that cheated millions of Russians out of their houses. Millions of Russians became homeless, jobless, and had no food. Families fell apart. Drunks, drug addicts, and criminals polluted Russian streets. It got nearly as bad as what we see nowadays in California, Washington, Oregon, and other cities in North America with fentanyl and opioid epidemic. In Russia opioid epidemic started in 1979 with the Afghanistan war which introduced the Soviet Union military and people to heroin. Even some of the children got addicted to heroin. Crimes skyrocketed and the mafia controlled everything. No one respected cops. They were beaten up or joined various mafia clans. Russian Oligarchs of about 13 people controlled everything. They were people with high education in mathematics or economics, former teachers, and professors. They befriended Yeltsin and borrowed money from the Russian treasury, used it to buy important factories in Russia for dirt cheap on auctions authorized by Anatoly Chubais, and refused to pay the money back and pay taxes. A Russian proverb says perish is like its priest, and Russian people followed Yeltsin who often appeared drunk in public, dancing awkwardly. On multiple videos, his bodyguards had to rush to him including during official visits as he wobbled from side to side. Before he left, his speech became slow as common for many chronic alcoholics, and in the last years of his presidential service, he focused more on ordering members of Duma to change seats closer or further from him and made silly statements. He was declared democratically elected president by the Western heads, but Russian people considered him Judas the Betrayer. I remember one Russian man told me how he went to vote during the Russian election and he was in favor of another candidate. People at the voting poll gave him food and asked him to vote for Yeltsin. He did it because his family had barely any food left. One thing that made Yeltsin not entirely an antagonist. He picked Putin as his replacement and retired from his presidency. Russian historians said that he did it 2 weeks before Russia was supposed to break apart into many separate small countries. Russian regions wanted to declare their autonomy and sovereignty from Russia. By that time Tatarstan and many other republics stopped sending their men to the Russian military. Many governors declined to show up to Duma ( similar to Congress in the US) sessions. Allegedly governor of Yakutia started negotiations with Japan to lease some of the lands. Putin came out of nowhere. No one knew about him. He wasn’t a drunk and publicly spoke about his disdain for alcohol. He participated in the sport. He spoke softly but with a sharp tongue and listened when people spoke. He made statements about his stance on terrorism that made people see in him their leader. He flew to the war zone in Chechnya. When his helicopter couldn’t fly because of a bombing in a nearby area, he drove around in a car on New year's eve so that he could be with his military men. He negotiated and ended the war in Chechnya. And the Muslim republic Chechnya joined the Russian Federation on peaceful terms. He learned that Russian people are freezing in the Far East because industrialists prepared a shipful of fuel for another country. He sent airplanes with fuel to keep those people warm. He sent his people to wake up those government officials at night to sign resignation letters. He kicked foreign businesspeople who got control of Russian natural resources. He told oligarchs to pay the money back and pay all the taxes. When they refused, he put them in prisons. He visited apostolic Orthodox churches, monasteries and people followed his example. He focused on reversing problems within Russian demographics. Women stopped being afraid to have children. He created jobs, he returned factories to their working state, and he made sure people had decent salaries. He paid families for every child that was born in families. Nowadays it’s not uncommon for Russians to have more than 2 children. He worked on Education, law, healthcare. Before many Russians with conditions like diabetes and asthma died because they had access to medicine. Thanks to Putin many pharmaceutical companies manufactured life-saving medications and vaccines. He tackled problems of HIV, Aids, drug addiction, alcohol addiction. People worked in their addictions and opened businesses instead. He reviewed Russian contracts with other counties and negotiated better deals. He paid off Russian debt and expanded commerce. He paid off debt for other counties that were part of the Soviet Union. Now Russian families are growing. Russian people travel more around the world, which did not happen during the communist regime or Yeltsin presidency. Russian people like never before have freedom of speech. They can criticize Putin on Russian TV and YouTube channels and don’t get locked up. Navalny made a name for himself by criticizing Putin on YouTube. Even during the last Russian Czar who was liberal and surrounded by liberal advisers, Russian patriotic people couldn’t write and publish their essays about problems in Russia and other countries. Putin addressed the Tatar people in the Tatar language and convinced them to remain a part of the Russian Federation and they agreed. Putin United Russian lands over 180 ethnicities who live in Russia. They all have their language, culture, religion, and traditions that are respected by others. Russian historians said that Putin moved a mountain. Maybe one day he will be accused of not moving 2. Personally, for me, Putin showed a great example of how to treat other people. During WWII his mother almost died from famine during the Siege of Leningrad. His father was betrayed by Russian German man Otto, and while German Nazis looked for him everywhere, his father had to hide underwater with a straw in his mouth to breathe. However, I never heard Putin say anything negative about the German people. Moreover, he learned the German language and he is friends with German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder whose father died during WWII as a Wehrmacht corporal. Putin is an example of how an Eastern Orthodox Christian should be: hardworking, God-loving, and people-loving, humble and gentle even when upset. His education, law degree in international law, and a Master’s degree in business and management helped him to pull Russia up from the very bottom. People who he stopped from pirating on Russian people-hate him and declare him a dictator. Some of the younger generation who didn’t see the streets of Russia filled with beggars, drunks, drug-addicted, and criminals, don’t like him and want him to be replaced because they are “tired of seeing Putin.” However, those who remember the bad times during Yeltsin's presidency when more Russian people died than during WWII, would vote for him over and over again. 119 viewsView upvotes Related Questions More Answers Below Is Putin the greatest leader of the 21st century world? Is Vladimir Putin a good president? Why or why not? Is Vladimir Putin a communist or a nationalist? Is Putin Hitler of the 21st century? Do you believe reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin was so angered by U.S. President Joe Biden's labeling him a "killer" in his first interview after inauguration that he moved 28,000 Russian troops to the border with Ukraine? Profile photo for Maxim Nesterenko Maxim Nesterenko Answered November 17, 2020 · Author has 406 answers and 1M answer views For Russia, he is currently the best leader many average Russians have known so far, I am not sure if he is the best leader in the world but he lifted Russia from poverty, stopped Russia from being the laughing stock of the West and Oligarchs that robbed us and restored Russia as a great power though not a superpower yet. This is how I feel about him at least. But we don’t even know, maybe we could get an even better leader since there are 80 more years for the 21st century to end. I wouldn’t call him the greatest statesman, that honor probably goes to the President Jose Mujica. President Mujic Profile photo for Greg McHale Greg McHale, former Manager International Computer Company (1975-1996) Answered November 17, 2020 · Author has 397 answers and 104.5K answer views No, no more than Hitler can be viewed as a great statesman. Putin’s reign of terror, invading peaceful near nations. Assassinations of his political opponents. Interfering in other nations elections and worse. No Putin is not a statesman at all let alone Great! he is a Great pain in the rear end…. tell the 14,000 killed Ukrainians and the 279 murdered MH17 passengers how great Putin is! No Putin will go down in history with his idol Stalin and Ivan the Terrible. he will be remembered for stealing billions from his citizens who have no hope for an improved future. he will be remembered for being a small man afraid of everything. The world will be a much better place when Putin is no longer present. 112 viewsView upvotes Profile photo for Ola Sjöberg Ola Sjöberg, IT-tech (2001-present) Answered November 17, 2020 · Author has 279 answers and 75.4K answer views for what was needed and if you see what he have done, how far he gone and what is now a reality in russia, hell yes!! just look how the russian nation was when he took over after that westen drunkard that sold out russia to the USA and its friends. the russian constitutuin who “helped” write that and still have an influece over that still? He still have alot of work to do, or the one that comes after.. 51 viewsView upvotes Related Questions More Answers Below Is Vladimir Putin the greatest leader of the modern era? Is Vladimir Putin a statesman? Is Vladimir Putin popular among gay people? Is Vladimir Putin the greatest Russian ever? Is Vladimir Putin the Tsar of the New Russian Empire in the 21st century? Related Answers Related Answer Profile photo for Derman James Derman James, Managing Director Answered 3 years ago · Author has 921 answers and 745.3K answer views Is Vladimir Putin a communist or a nationalist? It's difficult to say : since the answer is not as simple to answer compared to the same question asked in US . When Putin inherited the Russian mess in the year 2000 , there was no communism in the country nor was there democracy or any other sort of term to describe it , There was poverty , lawlessness , mafia , unemployment sky rocketing , the military crumbling , war in Chechnya with similar terrorists such as ISIS, simply the country was falling apart and as Cold War was taking place other countries were making sure that the destruction of Russia continues from within . Similarly this quest Related Answer Profile photo for Bozo Juretic Bozo Juretic, none Answered 5 years ago · Author has 305 answers and 565.9K answer views Is Vladimir Putin the only cool president? The difference between Putin and the Western leaders is that Putin has enough personal power and popular support that he does not need to pretend he is something that he is not, nor to whore himself in order to collect breadcrumbs of power. He is basically behaving as a Roman emperor would, or somebody who is extremely rich and influential, in other words he does not need to suppress his personal inclinations too much to satisfy the public opinion. So if Putin comes to the gym and lifts heavy stuff on camera, that is because Putin does that himself when there are no cameras around. If he does some Judo stuff on camera, he is also doing Judo stuff with his buddies when there are no cameras. The same thing with shooting rifles or whatnot. But because he is smart, he is not doing scandalous things like professional footballers who's sex life is all over the tabloids, but is playing the "first among the equals" game, which was a winning strategy used by Augustus Octavian, the first Roman emperor. Also, some of the "stunts" are actually very wise. For example he was in the cockpit of TU-160 (the only supersonic nuclear bomber in existence today) on a real patrol flight. That might be a stunt, but it is also giving the Commander in Chief of the Russian armed forces a VERY hands-on experience of what he has at his disposal in case of war. In general I think that Putin is currently the smartest and most powerful leader in the world, because he combines the intellect (which everyone underestimates BTW - he has three degrees in different fields) with the hands-on experience with the various things that are under his command, and we haven't seen that in a major leader for long, long time. There were a lot of Roman emperors with less public support and less power than he has. It is not strange that the Americans mock him all the time, as if he was a stupid cartoon character. Americans are thought that when you feel that somebody is potentially stronger than you (and thus could potentially hurt you), you need to mock him, to "cut him down to size". Putin, a typical traditional Russian, is thought that the strength is the ability to DO something, not the ability to throw crap at your enemy. So he is very polite and very moderate in both the private life and in the public space. But being moderate does not mean that you pussyfoot around criminals. Being moderate means that you destroy your enemies using the full power at your disposal, but it also means that you are kind and gentle with your friends, whom you will protect with your life if need be. You may disagree with Putin on some points, even the important ones, but you can not NOT give him a large amount of credit and respect, and from that position negotiate anything you need to negotiate with him. Putin is a unique character in the whole of history, and needs to be treated like that. He is not "Dictator", "Stalin" or "Hitler", he is a unique person with many good qualities. And with person like that you sit down, have a drink and tell him what's on your mind, and by the time the bottle is empty you find some common ground. The problem is that the Western politicians do not have an authority to actually approach him like that, and that is why Putin is basically alone on the world stage.