By Equating Putin And Russia, You Are

By Equating Putin And Russia, You Are Creating A Situation That's The Opposite Of What You Would Like To Have Happen.

Large Companies Cannot Finance Political Parties As Their Shareholders And Employees Have Different Political Views.

People Expect Some Kinds Of Decisions From Putin That Will Help Them See Their Own Future. A Significant Part Of The People That He Relies On Are Quite Content With Him Telling Them That Nothing Is Going To Change. But That Part Of The Elite That Does Want To See Some Changes And Improvements Are Going To Expect Him To, In His Next Term, Bring Russia Back Into The Club Of The Great Powers.

Putin Has An Obvious Problem. His Country's Economy Is In Stagnation. He Needs To Constantly Be Pointing A Figure At Who Is At Fault. America Is At Fault. He Needs To Show Those Fronts - Those Directions In Which He Is Defeating America. In Syria, For Example, In Syria, He Is Defeating America; Not Isis, He's Defeating America.

A Left Turn In The Fate Of Russia Is As Necessary As It Is Inevitable.