Congratulations President Putin

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:16 am

Well done to returning President Putin who won with a staggering 76% + of the vote.

A triumph of democracy and a mandate for further continued success in Russia.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:19 am

Da zdravstvuyet prezident Putin - zdes' yeshche mnogo let destabiliziruyet Zapad i ubivayet svoikh protivnikov

clive40golf · Post by **clive40golf** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:36 am

Some people liked him that much they voted for him five times!!

CleggHall · Post by **CleggHall** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:46 am

Wow what a surprise, that came from left field!

claretnproud · Post by **claretnproud** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:57 am

whilst being congratulated in the bar afterwards an english journalist asked him " whats your poison ". He answered that he knew nothing about any poison.

dermotdermot · Post by **dermotdermot** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:14 am

I have a feeling that Russia will exceed expectations in the World Cup this summer.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:16 am

dermotdermot wrote:I have a feeling that Russia will exceed expectations in the World Cup this summer.

The players or their gangs?

Stayingup · Post by **Stayingup** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:17 am

clive40golf wrote:Some people liked him that much they voted for him five times!!

At least 5 times!!! But your not saying it's corrupt are you?
Mandate to poison.

thelifeofbrian · Post by **thelifeofbrian** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:45 am

apparently people who have been dead for years have been coming back to life to Vote for Putin- hes that popular........................

Hbclaret007 · Post by **Hbclaret007** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:54 am

With Putin in Russia and Trump in the USA, it is a really great time to be exiting Europe.
Pull up the draw bridges and put on the tin hats!

NRC · Post by **NRC** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:58 am

well...... he's overseen a country post-losing its empire, and its resources, and managed that process and to remain relevant. And in spite of only having the world's 12th-largest economy, even behind Canada, Italy, South Korea, he manages to remain THE single-most "issue" for both of the world's largest economies, the USA and China, to have to deal with. His international policy impact, and therefore influence goes beyond what it should be in reality.

I'm not promoting him at all, but the influence, positive or negative, is far more than it reasonably ought to be

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:07 am

Even the dead can vote inRussia - amazing what they can do these days.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:21 am

Said in on the other thread, but Putin did stabilize a country that desperately needed stabilising.

Course he did it by essentially turning into his personal kingdom rather than a democratic state.

Melbourneclaret · Post by **Melbourneclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:48 am

A rotten candidate for a rotten borough

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 11:52 am

mikeS wrote:Even the dead can vote inRussia - amazing what they can do these days.

I think that's happened in the UK.

Im_not_Robbie_Blake · Post by **Im_not_Robbie_Blake** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:31 pm

Sean D will be listening to this today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpxJHblYEU" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:34 pm

Russians like him, he has tapped into something.

Cubanclaret · Post by **Cubanclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:36 pm

That’s some majority.

I wonder if he had any nerves in the lead-up to the result

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:38 pm

Yup, he's tapped into their fear of foreigners and convinced them that the West is coming for them again.

Course, he's had to ruthlessly make sure that no negative news gets out (recent legislation means he doesn't even have to tell the next of kin of soldiers killed in Syria or Ukraine where they died and can just say it was a training accident)

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:38 pm

Hbclaret007 wrote:With Putin in Russia and Trump in the USA, it is a really great time to be exiting Europe.
Pull up the draw bridges and put on the tin hats!

Trump the man that's on the way to de-nuclearising North Korea?

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:44 pm

Cheers Sean Spicer

He's said he's willing to meet, at an unspecified location, at an unspecified time and to talk about unspecified subject which is all great, but he's still miles away from achieving that.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:47 pm

CoolClaret wrote:Trump the man that's on the way to de-nuclearising North Korea?

houseboy · Post by **houseboy** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:51 pm

There seems to be a lot of insider knowledge on this thread. Just wondering where it all came from. I'm sure it can't be people believing all they read in our newspapers or what our government release as 'information' because I don't believe people are that naive.
If anyone could tell me I'd love to know.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:54 pm

I call it "reading books"

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:57 pm

It'll never catch on

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:00 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:I call it "reading books"

You be one of them page turners, you not be from round here then..

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:05 pm

I agree with houseboy but am willing to hang fire on a definitive judgement until Turtle or Up his Beehole come along and tell us what to think.

boiledclaret · Post by **boiledclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:06 pm

NRC wrote:I'm not promoting him at all, but the influence, positive or negative, is far more than it reasonably ought to be

Careful NRC, you have to look at this in black and white terms, otherwise people will tell you to 'go and live in Siberia.' Although, judging by social media this winter, the UK had similar temperatures.

The thing is, the UK is quite happy to rubbish Russia but at the same time it's quite happy to accept billions of their dirty gangster money and invest it into businesses, like football teams.

The UK's more than a tad hypocritical when playing the grand moralist.

randomclaret2 · Post by **randomclaret2** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:10 pm

The ruling elite in this country will do nothing whilst selling property in London to the likes of Abramovich

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:13 pm

boiledclaret wrote:Careful NRC, you have to look at this in black and white terms, otherwise people will tell you to 'go and live in Siberia.' Although, judging by social media this winter, the UK had similar temperatures.

The thing is, the UK is quite happy to rubbish Russia but at the same time it's quite happy to accept billions of their dirty gangster money and invest it into businesses, like football teams.

The UK's more than a tad hypocritical when playing the grand moralist.

And any attempt to point this out gets you called a self-loathing cuck from certain types of people.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:18 pm

The UK is like a cheap tart, will take money from anywhere / anyone.
Been like that for a long long time and it isn't going to change anytime soon.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:33 pm

I know, next thing you know Boris Johnson will be accepting £160,000 to play tennis with the wife of a former Russian minister. She also paid £30,000 to have dinner with the boy Gavin Williamson, our esteemed Defence Secretary. Perhaps she should have gone away and shut up....

Funny, corrupt old world, isn't it ?

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:10 pm

Democracy Russian style .The Czar relected .

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:28 pm

As an aside, and prompted by WoodleyClaret, is Russia still considered a democratic communist country or now a right wing capitalist fascist country ?

Not that there's a lot of difference between either.

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:29 pm

HatfieldClaret wrote:As an aside, and prompted by WoodleyClaret, is Russia still considered a democratic communist country or now a right wing capitalist fascist country ?

Not that there's a lot of difference between either.

Someone needs to learn the economic difference between capitalism & fascism...

MrClaretandBlue · Post by **MrClaretandBlue** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:47 pm

CoolClaret wrote:Someone needs to learn the economic difference between capitalism & fascism...

And the difference between democracy and communism. Effort for big words though.

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:53 pm

It's just Sour Grapes*

* The latest generation of nerve agent^

^side effects include shriveled testicles.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:01 pm

CoolClaret wrote:Someone needs to learn the economic difference between capitalism & fascism...

Sometimes it's kinda hard to tell the difference. Have you seen the NRA adverts recently?

Caernarfon_Claret · Post by **Caernarfon_Claret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:08 pm

Despotism in the sense Putin has absolute power whether that is fairly benign or not.

HatfieldClaret · Post by **HatfieldClaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:16 pm

Top
# 35
CoolClaret
Posts: 234
Joined: Sat May 06, 2017 7:39 pm
Been Liked: 85 times
Has Liked: 143 times
Re: Congratulations President Putin
Home Like
Unread postby CoolClaret » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:29 pm

HatfieldClaret wrote:
As an aside, and prompted by WoodleyClaret, is Russia still considered a democratic communist country or now a right wing capitalist fascist country ?

Not that there's a lot of difference between either.

Someone needs to learn the economic difference between capitalism & fascism...
This user liked this post: MrClaretandBlue
Top
# 36
MrClaretandBlue
Posts: 101
Joined: Fri Jan 22, 2016 12:16 am
Been Liked: 55 times
Has Liked: 135 times
Re: Congratulations President Putin
Home Like
Unread postby MrClaretandBlue » Mon Mar 19, 2018 3:47 pm

CoolClaret wrote:
Someone needs to learn the economic difference between capitalism & fascism...

And the difference between democracy and communism. Effort for big words though.

Pardon my ignorance in that there can't be fascist capitalism. I think you can certainly have democratic communism....

I'll shorten it for you to make it easier, is Russia fascist or communist ?

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:19 pm

Neither, its a monarchy with a very small but very wealthy upper class.

CoolClaret · Post by **CoolClaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:34 pm

Russia is controlled chaos with a bit of an oligarchy. Not to the severity that it was pre the Soviet Union

MrClaretandBlue · Post by **MrClaretandBlue** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:35 pm

[quote="

I'll shorten it for you to make it easier, is Russia fascist or communist ?[/quote]

I'm not the one who needs it simplifying. It's authoritarian.

mkmel · Post by **mkmel** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:43 pm

He's not as good at corruption as Mugabe was as he always got 100% of the votes

MrClaretandBlue · Post by **MrClaretandBlue** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:46 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:Neither, its a monarchy with a very small but very wealthy upper class.

Russia isn't a monarchy.

TractorFace · Post by **TractorFace** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:59 pm

It's an authoritarian plutocracy.

Lancasterclaret · Post by **Lancasterclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:02 pm

Fine, its not a monarchy if you want.

Putin is effectively the Tsar, and the oligarchs are well, the oligarchs.

I like Tractorface answer better than mine to be honest!

Volvoclaret · Post by **Volvoclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 5:22 pm

Putin and the Oligarchs, saw them play years ago at Imp Nelson

moaninclaret · Post by **moaninclaret** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:10 pm

Ill give him his due, he has got a lot of NERVE, shame its the wrong type.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:11 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:Da zdravstvuyet prezident Putin - zdes' yeshche mnogo let destabiliziruyet Zapad i ubivayet svoikh protivnikov

Hi Lancasterclaret, did you "break cover" with your post earlier? I don't think any of us knew you spoke Russian?

What have you done with our "Lancaster?"

With any luck, no one else will have noticed.