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  • PUTIN...What's wrong with him? What's right with him?

    There was a State Dept study and they said maybe Putin has Aspergers Syndrome. Nobody seems to like that. I'm certainly not an expert. Forbes doesn't like it.
    Well is he just a sociopath? I mean there is something wrong with him. He is not just a run of the mill politician. Head of the KGB...Is there any doubt he tortured to death many people. He answered to no-one. Well yes the CIA is noted for torturing people and some died I'm sure. Does that make the head of the CIA and Putin the same?
    The end justifies the means.
    From Putin Personality Disorder | Foreign Policy
    Putin is best understood as a composite of multiple identities that stem from those experiences, and which help explain his improbable rise from KGB operative and deputy mayor of St. Petersburg to the pinnacle of Russian power. Of these multiple identities, six are most prominent: Statist, History Man, Survivalist, Outsider, Free Marketeer, and Case Officer. None of the single-word labels people usually attach to Putin — KGB thug, kleptocrat, autocrat — offer a satisfactory explanation for the phenomenon of his rule.

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    A businessman learns from a bad investment in Putin - The Washington Post
    How to respond to such a regime? Here again Browder has learned from hard experience. Each time he’s challenged Putin and his cronies, he’s done so against the counsel of associates and Western government officials, who warn that Putin will respond to pressure by escalating his aggression. Browder’s conclusion: They are right, but that doesn’t mean pressure is the wrong policy. On the contrary, he says, Putin plays by “the rules of the prison yard”: Any sign of weakness is an invitation to further aggression. Only resolute counterforce can alter his behavior.

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    • #3
      At the Time Warner Center, an Enclave of Powerful Russians

      A fascinating read with well produced infographics.
      Last edited by citanon; 19 Feb 15,, 00:04.

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      • #4
        Putin critic shot seven to eight times on Moscow street. Seven to eight times is pretty much a mob hit as they wanted to be damn sure the guy was dead.

        Boris Nemtsov, outspoken Putin critic, shot dead in Moscow, Russian agency says - CNN.com

        Moscow (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 6:11 p.m. ET]

        Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the killing of former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, Russian state broadcaster, Russia Today, said early Saturday.

        [Previous story, posted at 5:58 p.m. ET]

        Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov was shot four times and killed by an unknown assailant in central Moscow on Friday evening, a law enforcement agency told Russian state news agency Itar Tass.

        He was deputy prime minister in the late 1990s under President Boris Yeltsin and had been one of current President Vladimir Putin's most vocal critics.

        His death comes a day before a large opposition rally was going to take place in Moscow. Nemtsov, who was in his mid-50s, had been arrested several times in the past for speaking out against the Kremlin.

        The most recent came in 2011 when he protested the results of parliamentary elections and in 2012 when tens of thousands protested against Putin.

        In a restaurant interview with CNN's Anthony Bourdain last year he lamented the situation for business owners.

        "This is a country of corruption. And if you have business, you are in a very unsafe situation. Everybody can press you and destroy your business. That's it," he said.

        In the same interview, he did offer a bit of optimism.

        "This is my country. The Russian people are in bit of trouble. Russian court doesn't work. Russian education decline every year. I believe that Russia has a chance to be free. Has a chance. It's difficult but we must do it," he said.

        Another one of Nemtsov's criticisms was over the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi. Nemtsov published a report in 2013 describing the Sochi games as one of the most "outrageous swindles" in recent Russian history. He claimed that up to 60% of the final cost -- or $30 billion -- had been embezzled.

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        • #5
          The place
          Attached Files
          We're so bad, we're even bad at it

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          • #6
            An obvious suicide.
            Those who know don't speak
            He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mihais View Post
              An obvious suicide.
              Disagree. Must have been an internecine fight in the opposition as they struggled over control of their CIA supplied slush funds. Putin will personally discover these villains and throw them in jail for the heinous crime.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by citanon View Post
                an internecine fight in the opposition as they struggled over control of their CIA supplied slush funds.
                Laugh all you like, it's the most popular theory for majority here
                Last edited by Andrey Egorov; 28 Feb 15,, 20:37. Reason: Grammar
                We're so bad, we're even bad at it

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                • #9
                  Ehh,we asked two questions :Did it benefited Putin?And did it benefited the Americans? The answer is obviously YES
                  Those who know don't speak
                  He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36

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                  • #10
                    They even claimed Alexey Navalny having been arrested this week thus made smart move on his rival Nemtsov in their fight for bloody american money
                    We're so bad, we're even bad at it

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                    • #11
                      Mate,we both know our folks are sick in the head wrt conspiracies.Thank you very much,comrades.
                      Thing is,Nemtsov deserved to be shot.But not like this and not alone.He deserved to be shot in public,along with the entire gang that robbed you for years.

                      Also,while people get shot,it's still relatively quiet compared to the 90's.You don't know what's worse.That people got shot,or that the mafiosi are so much in control they don't need to kill so often.
                      Those who know don't speak
                      He said to them, "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one. Luke 22:36

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Andrey Egorov View Post
                        Laugh all you like, it's the most popular theory for majority here
                        If I were Russian I wouldn't be laughing at all. Fortunately I'm American.

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                          Attached Files

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                          • #14
                            Why, though, do westerns keep thinking that anti-western autocrats are somehow psychologically unbalanced and their behavior is part of their pathology? I don't approve of Putin's goals but find his methods quite rational. He wants to keep NATO/EU as far away from his borders as possible; annex territories as military buffers; capture strategically important places, and finally, to sit comfortably on the throne. Those were the traditional aims of the rulers of great powers. He is apparently willing to put Russian citizens to a lot of economic pain, but he perhaps sees it as a temporary impediment that is no threat to his grasp on power, and in any case, a thing that is being done to Russia by US, Germany and France, who is his enemy, which confirms his views.
                            Last edited by Triple C; 01 Mar 15,, 14:47.
                            All those who are merciful with the cruel will come to be cruel to the merciful.
                            -Talmud Kohelet Rabbah, 7:16.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Triple C View Post
                              Why, though, do westerns keep thinking that anti-western autocrats are somehow psychologically unbalanced and their behavior is part of their pathology? I don't approve of Putin's goals but find his methods quite rational. He wants to keep NATO/EU as far away from his borders as possible; annex territories as military buffers; capture strategically important places, and finally, to sit comfortably on the throne. Those were the traditional aims of the rulers of great powers. He is apparently willing to put Russian citizens to a lot of economic pain, but he perhaps sees it as a temporary impediment that is no threat to his grasp on power, and in any case, a thing that is being done to Russia by US, Germany and France, who is his enemy, which confirms his views.
                              Let's start with this and see where we disagree.

                              sociopath
                              a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience.

                              Can we agree on this?

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