Putin is the Bill Clinton of Russia.
He's just a boob with a title and oozes incompetence!!
But didn't GW look into Puttie's eye and see that he was an honest, sincere peace loving man?
Putin had been elected as Yeltsin's successor. Shady commies grabbing Russia wished to continue such pleasant period their enrichment. Putin justifyed their hopes. The Russian people still oppressed, the "New Russians" ("new rich men", former commies/comsomolets, criminal gangster and the same swindlers) still become rich. Brainwashing machine (Russian TV) praise Putin everywhere though intelligent people despise Mr.President utterly and giving scornful nicknames (for instance "Kremlin gopher").
Putin is a communist.