Area's Russian Community Reacts (or Doesn't) to Putin Being Named ''Person of the Year''

http://www.kyw1060.com ^ | John McDevitt

[marthemaria]

Time magazine has named Russian president Vladimir Putin its "person of the year."

What did people in Philadelphia's Russian community think about that?

"No politics -- no!"

Many people like this woman were refusing to answer questions about Putin being named person of the year by Time.

Another woman said only that she is this country now and would like to talk about American politics. She thinks Hillary Clinton will be the next president.

Still another Russian immigrant to Philadelphia, Oxana, has been in this country for about two years. She didn't care very much about the distinction that Putin has received from Time but says he is a good leader:

"I don't know what to say about it and I don't care about it very much. All I just want to say, he is a good president for the country right now and hopefully the country will continue to develop."

Time magazine honored Putin because of his "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability."

[Army Air Corps]

Time magazine honored Putin because of his "extraordinary feat of leadership in taking a country that was in chaos and bringing it stability."

This guy was honoured for similar reasons...

[Psycho_Bunny]

Time is MAD Magazine for the pseudo-intellectual left.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Time deserved to be ignored.

[UltraKonservativen]

...Time magazine “honored” Putin ...
.. how sweet!

Does Time think that,if they were a Russian magazine,Putin would tolerate their criticism of him as Bush tolerates their constant bashing? Gulag time, baby!...

Liberal stupidity is boundless.

[Paleo Conservative]

[peter the great]

What you fail to realize is that Vladamir Putin is no Joseph Stalin. One thing that Americans fail to grasp is the needs of Russia and its history. If you try to look at things from the Russian perspective it is not hard to understand, Russia needs a guy like this and i do not have a problem with him.

[Army Air Corps]

What you fail to realize is that Vladamir Putin is no Joseph Stalin.

Sure, no outright purges nor mass executions on the part of Putin. I realise that he is not the reincarnation of Stalin. I am familiar with Russian history from Kievan Rus to the 20th century and they have had one strong-arm leader after another (with a few breaks here an there). Does this mean that Russians MUST have such leaders? Are you saying that they are incapable of change and unable to have a system wherein there isn't some kind of megalomaniac running the show? If Vlad weren't playing footsie with folks like Ahmadiejad and Assad, I wouldn't give a rat's butt what he does (short of sending millions to the gulag).

[george76]

[marthemaria]

that guy is scary *shudder*