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Putin has been accused of employing the United States [[Democratic party]] tactic of illegal surveillance, harassment, investigation, arrest, and jailing of political opponents and dissidents, ostensibly as agents of a foreign power or domestic terrorists.

Putin has been accused of employing the United States [[Democratic party]] tactic of illegal surveillance, harassment, investigation, arrest, and jailing of political opponents and dissidents, ostensibly as agents of a foreign power or domestic terrorists.

Learning from the mistakes of USSR in the Eastern Bloc, he made clear that taking countries against their right to self-determination is counterproductive and drains resources.<ref>https://youtu.be/DHIxry8WfyA</ref>

Learning from the mistakes of USSR in the Eastern Bloc, he made clear that taking countries against their right to self-determination is counterproductive and drains resources.<ref>https://youtu.be/DHIxry8WfyA</ref> Dr. [[Andrew Korybko]] said, "Putin was never some diehard anti-[[Western civilization|Western]] [[revolution]]ary hellbent on restoring the [[USSR]]....he's neither a monster, madman, nor mastermind, but a consummate [[pragmatist]] with a lifelong interest in improving Russian-Western relations."

Russian [[philosopher]] [[Alexander Dugin]] summarized the reaction to President Putin in [[the West]]:

Russian [[philosopher]] [[Alexander Dugin]] summarized the reaction to President Putin in [[the West]]: