CMV: Putin is a misunderstood leader and is in fact one of the best leaders in the world currently. So much so, that even americans would appreciate Putin as their president, if only they knew more about him.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by the risk of regime change.

That countries like Russia are often the targets of foreign coup attempts.

He won't do this. In fact he has just recently prevented his main opponent from even running in the election.

Maybe you'll like this discussion.

But he did answer questions regarding the lack of an opposition.

I think he is a bad human being, and I think by virtue of the fact that he ignores human rights (you want to avoid talking about Chechnya and Syria but you really can't - those are very important and demonstrative things), the soaring poverty rate in Russia, the oppression of media and education, etc, he is also a bad leader.

Fair enough, I respect your opinion. To me he helped Syria; it's merely that according to anglo-american media, he helped a bad person. But in the end, isn't stability important to you at all? Compared for example to the decades long war in Afghanistan.

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