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Russia Is a Mess. Why Is Putin Such a Formidable Adversary?
By Andrew Higgins
Its economy, already smaller than Italy’s, may be sputtering but, two decades after a virtually unknown former K.G.B. spy took power in the Kremlin on Dec. 31, 1999, Russia and its president, Vladimir V. Putin, have just had what could be their best year yet. The United States, an implacable foe during the Cold War but now presided over by a president determined to “get along with Russia,” is convulsed and distracted...
A conversation with Mr. Putin’s former high-school biology teacher, however, quickly made clear that, as a popular Russian saying goes, “hope dies last.” She remembered Mr. Putin as not only a diligent student but also an exceptional basketball player because “he was very tall.” That the diminutive new president had grown in her memory to become a giant gave me my first glimpse of what, over the 20 years since, has been a defining feature of Mr. Putin’s rule: his ability to present himself and his country as standing far taller than objective facts would seem to justify.
Putin was not "virtually unknown" before Yelstin appointed him.
Not a single person in Russia unless they have a mental illness, thinks Putin is tall. Matter of fact, it is sort of a running joke/meme/whatever to call it, about he is the only short person that can look down upon a tall person.
Had to look up who this Higgins person was, because how could someone write such inaccurate info and still pass as a journalist, and what a surprise (sarcasm), works for the NYT.
And to edit, using the more accurate PPP, Russia's economy is the 6th largest, ahead of Italy.
Russia Is a Mess. Why Is Putin Such a Formidable Adversary?
By Andrew Higgins
Its economy, already smaller than Italy’s, may be sputtering but, two decades after a virtually unknown former K.G.B. spy took power in the Kremlin on Dec. 31, 1999, Russia and its president, Vladimir V. Putin, have just had what could be their best year yet. The United States, an implacable foe during the Cold War but now presided over by a president determined to “get along with Russia,” is convulsed and distracted...
A conversation with Mr. Putin’s former high-school biology teacher, however, quickly made clear that, as a popular Russian saying goes, “hope dies last.” She remembered Mr. Putin as not only a diligent student but also an exceptional basketball player because “he was very tall.” That the diminutive new president had grown in her memory to become a giant gave me my first glimpse of what, over the 20 years since, has been a defining feature of Mr. Putin’s rule: his ability to present himself and his country as standing far taller than objective facts would seem to justify.
Russia has never been the problem. Russia has been the scapegoat for pathetic shills who needed a backstop to getting caught.
Durham is about to start handing out arrest warrants like it's going out of style. Why do you think all theses rats are trying to get ahead of the mess?
THEY ARE IN DEEPSHT6
They know it!
Even Comey admitted that "I was wrong"
WTF? He better have a good lawyer. I have a feeling there are going to be dozens of GOFUNDME campaigns coming our way.
After all, it has always been about the money. There are still a ton of dumbass people willing to bankroll the lies.
Russia Is a Mess. Why Is Putin Such a Formidable Adversary?
By Andrew Higgins
Its economy, already smaller than Italy’s, may be sputtering but, two decades after a virtually unknown former K.G.B. spy took power in the Kremlin on Dec. 31, 1999, Russia and its president, Vladimir V. Putin, have just had what could be their best year yet. The United States, an implacable foe during the Cold War but now presided over by a president determined to “get along with Russia,” is convulsed and distracted...
A conversation with Mr. Putin’s former high-school biology teacher, however, quickly made clear that, as a popular Russian saying goes, “hope dies last.” She remembered Mr. Putin as not only a diligent student but also an exceptional basketball player because “he was very tall.” That the diminutive new president had grown in her memory to become a giant gave me my first glimpse of what, over the 20 years since, has been a defining feature of Mr. Putin’s rule: his ability to present himself and his country as standing far taller than objective facts would seem to justify.
Our mainstream media and the Democrats have been a huge Russian asset since before the 2016 election and continue to be Russian assets to this day....they are Putin's beotch.
Economies based primarily on resource exports rarely fare well over the long haul.
Yes, look at the island of Nauru, in the South Pacific. The people there were once the wealthiest per capita, in the world. Their one and only export product, that made them so rich: The deep deposits of bird guano that were mined and sold for fertilizer. But they didn't properly manage what could have been a renewable resource, as they dug it up faster than the birds could produce it and now they are very poor.
Economies based primarily on resource exports rarely fare well over the long haul.
Norway is doing fine, so is Saudi Arabia. Many others have a pretty large chunk of their economy based on resources, Canada for example.
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It doesn't effect me.
