At no time in history since the Time of Troubles has Russia been so weak in regards to both: >scope of geopolitical influence and >worldwide reputation/favorability Even though it was a complete trainwreck in the 90s, Russia still had way more geopolitical influence (the entire ex-USSR except for the Baltics) and was way more liked/respected worldwide than now.
For how long the >it was awful in the 90s, he fixed it narrative, on which Putin's entire support base revolves around, can hold? The 90s were 3 decades ago now. People aged 30 and below only ever remember Putin's rule. And objectively, it's been completely shit. One of the worst rulers in Russian history, probably. Unironically.
Reposting because: >already made 3 threads >received 900 replies >still not a single coherent answer that explains the train of thought in a way that doesn't make the average russian Putin supporter look like a cuck in 2022
Cont. (important post): Before 2014, Russia's global posture was relatively stable and half-respectable (HALF-respectable, because of 1989-1991). Western governments came close to viewing Russia completely neutrally, perhaps even positively, while individual Western people totally empathized with Russian people and liked them (for who they are and because of Russian culture in general).
Ever since 2014 Putin has pushed Russia further and further into a status of a complete pariah despite the grand population of almost 150 million and natural wealth. It's a complete disgrace.
Which only begs the question: why do 2/3rds of Russians approve of him still? And this approval rating has stayed at this point for the last 20 years already, sometimes spiking to over 80%, sometimes weirdly so, like after the 2014 blunder (can only blame it on low IQ).
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William Ortiz
>Under Putin, Russia has become the weakest in 400 years
perestroika: laughing at you in the corner
juwenigger stop posting with this flag youre so fucking obvious it isnt even funny
only thing that russia is best at in europe are abortions, suicides and number of people that dont even have access to running water or toilet paper, fucking joke of a country, if it werent for kremlin paid shills across all eastern and central european social media and in boards like this we couldve just assassinated that midget chazar and let them tear each other appart like in 90s
