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::::[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky Must Go!'']]} 07:24, September 24, 2025 (EDT)

::::[[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky Must Go!'']]} 07:24, September 24, 2025 (EDT)

:::::As a person who studied martial arts, I like the fact that Putin is a black belt in Judo even though he was beaten by  a little [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aX6sB5yxQkw Japanese girl in Japan in an exhibition round]. And unlike his ally Xi Jinping, Putin is not anti-Christian (Although his church attendance is sparse and he is divorced and apparently engaging in fornication). But I am definitely in favor of the degree of corruption and imperialism happening under Putin. Finally, historically Russia has been more prosperous when it wasn't anti-Western. Given that Russia was selling its oil/gas at a much higher profit margin to the West, his anti-Westernism appears to be self-defeating for Russia. Russia could be doing much better economically. For example, over the last 20 years, the former Soviet Republics Latvia and Estonia have done a lot better than Russia in terms of GDP per capita when measured in purchasing power parity terms. And EU countries generally do much better than Russia too on this metric as does the USA. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 07:46, September 24, 2025 (EDT)

:::::As a person who studied martial arts, I like the fact that Putin is a black belt in Judo even though he was beaten by  a little [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aX6sB5yxQkw Japanese girl in Japan in an exhibition round]. And unlike his ally Xi Jinping, Putin is not anti-Christian (Although his church attendance is sparse and he is divorced and apparently engaging in fornication). But I am definitely in favor of the degree of corruption and imperialism happening under Putin. Finally, historically Russia has been more prosperous when it wasn't anti-Western. Given that Russia was selling its oil/gas at a much higher profit margin to the West than to China/India/etc., his anti-Westernism appears to be self-defeating for Russia. Russia could be doing much better economically. For example, over the last 20 years, the former Soviet Republics Latvia and Estonia have done a lot better than Russia in terms of GDP per capita when measured in purchasing power parity terms. And EU countries generally do much better than Russia too on this metric as does the USA. [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 07:46, September 24, 2025 (EDT)