Can't say I'd want to shake his hand for the way he continues to piss down 0's leg, but... I would buy him lunch for it.
They quit being the Soviet Union when marxism killed them and ol' Vlad is in charge as they are reborn as Christian Russia. Never saw that coming.
We, otoh, have embraced that marxism and done everything possible to turn away from freedom, liberty and our judeochristian foundations in favor of a totalitarian state.
That, I did see coming. We now mock and ignore the warnings we used to heed and fear and voted to be lead by someone the world will now or soon will mock and ignore.
And, in our nation's abdication, Vlad Putin will become the world's defacto leader. Luckiest politician chosen by fate. Did not see that coming. I should play more chess.
Keep in mind that Litvinenko was a pro-Chechen propaganda journalist and a convert to islam. Just to put that innocence in perspective.