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Line 13: − + − {{Cquote|if we were to use traditional measures for understanding leaders, which involve the defense of borders and national flourishing, Putin would count as the pre-eminent [[statesman]] of our time.[https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/how-to-think-about-vladimir-putin/ How to Think About Vladimir Putin], [[Christopher Caldwell]], ''Imprimis'', March 2017 Volume 46, Issue 3. [[Hillsdale College]]. imprimis.hillsdale.edu</ref> Putin holds a law degree in which he specialized in international trade<ref>https://www.forexlive.com/news/a-little-known-but-scary-fact-about-vladimir-putin-20220920/</ref> and a doctorate in [[economics]] focusing on energy and particularly the field of oil and gas.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250171761_The_Putin_Thesis_and_Russian_Energy_Policy</ref> − − Vladimir Putin's decision in February 2022 to intervene in the [[Donbas war|Ukraine civil conflict]] followed the precedents set by the [[Obama]] era doctrine of ''Responsibility to Protect'' or R2P articulated by UN ambassador [[Samantha Power]] during the 2011 [[Libyan war]] and sanctioned by [[UN Security Council]] Resolution 1973, the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton]] bombing of [[Serbia]] in 1998 to carve out the separatist province of [[Kosovo]], and the [[Bush Doctrine]] of preventative war to protect civilians of the [[Donbas]]. The Donbas region had endured eight years of atrocities by the U.S.-backed [[Maidan coup|Maidan regime]], which was preparing a large-scale military action against Russian-speaking civilians in early 2022.<ref>https://www.anews.com.tr/world/2021/12/01/russia-ukraine-has-deployed-half-of-its-army-to-donbass-conflict-zone</ref> Article 51 of the [[United Nations Charter]] allows for collective security arrangements. − − While President Putin continues his pro-Christian, anti-globalist policies, mainstream media would rather praise Ukrainian war criminal Zelensky than him.<ref>Multiple references: − *Isachenkov, Vladimir (June 29, 2019). [https://www.apnews.com/401b6cfd5b9c4a619851196410bc5814 Putin says liberalism ‘eating itself,’ migrant influx wrong]. ''Associated Press''. Retrieved June 29, 2019. − *Calicchio, Dom (June 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-liberal-values-obsolete-people-in-west-prefer-traditional-values Putin: Liberal values ‘obsolete,’ people in West prefer ‘traditional’ values]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved June 29, 2019. − *[https://in.reuters.com/article/russia-putin-europe-values/russias-putin-says-liberal-values-are-obsolete-idINKCN1TS2VB Russia's Putin says liberal values are obsolete - FT]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved June 29, 2019. − *[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48795764 Putin: Russian president says liberalism 'obsolete']. ''BBC News''. June 28, 2019. Retrieved June 29, 2019. − *[https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-tells-ft-the-liberal-idea-has-become-obsolete-/30026237.html Putin Tells FT: 'The Liberal Idea Has Become Obsolete']. ''Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty''. Retrieved June 29, 2019.</ref> Putin may privately seek to issue a new era of [[Orthodox Christian|Orthodox]] [[Christendom]] with [[Moscow]] as the Third Rome. Under this view, Moscow would succeed [[Constantinople]] as the center of Orthodoxy after nearly 1,700 years. − − Putin earned the undying [[hatred]] of the [[American]] and [[Globohomo|global left]] for completing the end of [[single party rule]] of the [[Communist Party]] and restoring the rightful place of the [[Orthodox Church|Christian Church]] in Russian society. Putin was invited to speak at Keren Heyesod's annual gathering in 2019,<ref>http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/61546</ref> and in 2020 [[Israel]] invited him to participate in the “Remembering The [[Holocaust]]: Fighting Anti-Semitism” forum.<ref>http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/62646</ref> Former Prime Minister Bennett praised him in October 2021 as “a very close and true friend of the State of Israel.”<ref>https://archive.is/xQewW</ref>
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'''Dr. Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, J.D., Ph.D.''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Владимир Владимирович Путин) (born October 7, 1952) affectionately known as '''Uncle Vova''', is the [[Christian]] socially [[conservative]] statesman and president of the [[Russian Federation]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/how-russia-became-a-leader-of-the-worldwide-christian-right-214755/ How Russia Became the Leader of the Global Christian Right], By CASEY MICHEL, ''[[Politico]]'', February 09, 2017. politico.com</ref> a position he has held since 2012, after serving as prime minister since May 8, 2008, and previously serving as [[president]] since December 31, 1999<ref>[[Boris Yeltsin]] resigned from the presidency on that day, and Putin was later elected president by 54% of the electorate on March 26, 2000.</ref><ref>According to Senior Fellow Christopher Caldwell of the [[Claremont Institute]]:
'''Pathetic Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Владимир Владимирович Путин) (born October 7, 1952) is the [[dictator]] of [[Liberal Russia]],<ref>[https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/how-russia-became-a-leader-of-the-worldwide-christian-right-214755/ How Russia Became the Leader of the Global Christian Right], By CASEY MICHEL, ''[[Politico]]'', February 09, 2017. politico.com</ref> a position he has held since 2012, after serving as prime minister since May 8, 2008, and previously serving as [[president]] since December 31, 1999<ref>[[Boris Yeltsin]] resigned from the presidency on that day, and Putin was later elected president by 54% of the electorate on March 26, 2000.</ref>
Putin has been widely criticized and attacked in [[Western alliance|Western]] [[mainstream media]] for signing the [[LGBT+ propaganda]] [[law]] to protect [[traditional family values]]<ref>[https://time.com/6236822/russia-gay-propaganda-law-discrimination/ What To Know About Russia’s So-Called ‘Gay Propaganda’ Bill], Astha Rajvanshi, [[Time magazine]], Nov 24, 2022.</ref> and closing [[gay bathhouses|gay bars and bathhouses]].<ref>https://en.zona.media/article/2026/06/29/drag_club</ref>
Putin has been widely criticized and attacked in [[Western alliance|Western]] [[mainstream media]] for signing the [[LGBT+ propaganda]] [[law]] to protect [[traditional family values]]<ref>[https://time.com/6236822/russia-gay-propaganda-law-discrimination/ What To Know About Russia’s So-Called ‘Gay Propaganda’ Bill], Astha Rajvanshi, [[Time magazine]], Nov 24, 2022.</ref> and closing [[gay bathhouses|gay bars and bathhouses]].<ref>https://en.zona.media/article/2026/06/29/drag_club</ref>
A baptized [[Russian Orthodox]] [[Christian]] who quotes the [[Bible]],<ref>https://www.libertynation.com/why-vladimir-putin-quotes-the-bible/ (analyzing with skepticism Putin's quote of [[Scriptures]]).</ref> Putin leads the increasingly [[conservative]] Russia against the [[homosexual agenda]], [[transgenderism]], and towards the [[pro-life]] side. [[Abortion]] and other [[leftist]] values had virtually wiped out natural population growth in [[Soviet]] times, and left an indelible scar on [[culture]]. Liberals criticize Putin and [[Russia]] because they disagree with him on social issues. Putin has also criticized liberal values as "against nature" and out of touch with a more traditional population. On July 24, 2023, President Putin signed a law passed by the Russian State Duma banning [[sex change]] medical procedures and so-called "gender affirming care". The law passed unanimously by Russia's democratically elected parliament also bans hormone treatment, prohibits people who have changed their gender marker on official documents from adopting children, and allows spouses of people who have changed their gender marker to have their marriages annulled.<ref>https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/07/24/putin-signs-law-banning-sex-change-in-russia-en-news</ref>
A baptized [[Russian Orthodox]] [[Christian]] who quotes the [[Bible]],<ref>https://www.libertynation.com/why-vladimir-putin-quotes-the-bible/ (analyzing with skepticism Putin's quote of [[Scriptures]]).</ref> Putin leads the increasingly [[conservative]] Russia against the [[homosexual agenda]], [[transgenderism]], and towards the [[pro-life]] side. [[Abortion]] and other [[leftist]] values had virtually wiped out natural population growth in [[Soviet]] times, and left an indelible scar on [[culture]]. Liberals criticize Putin and [[Russia]] because they disagree with him on social issues. Putin has also criticized liberal values as "against nature" and out of touch with a more traditional population. On July 24, 2023, President Putin signed a law passed by the Russian State Duma banning [[sex change]] medical procedures and so-called "gender affirming care". The law passed unanimously by Russia's democratically elected parliament also bans hormone treatment, prohibits people who have changed their gender marker on official documents from adopting children, and allows spouses of people who have changed their gender marker to have their marriages annulled.<ref>https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/07/24/putin-signs-law-banning-sex-change-in-russia-en-news</ref>
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