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Yeah, it was a couple books I read 3-4 years ago about Yeltsin's Russia that broke me away from the typical "evil Russia" narrative pushed by almost the entirety of Western media. That whole mindset is really just proliferated by hypocritical politicians and alphabet people. Russia is an easy boogeyman for them.
If I recall, hasn't Putin mentioned stepping down or not seeking further terms at some point in the near future? That might be a good way to ease a transition into a new leadership. Of course I can't remember if that's something I read in the Russian news or in American news.
I haven't heard that but I don't keep up with Russian affairs very much. Finding an "heir" to keep the current state of affairs going would definitely be the smart thing to do, so I don't doubt he's working on that. As I said, he's getting up there in age, he's 69 now.
Putin's adopted son Ramzan Kadyrov believes he will be the heir.
(But he's also retarded.)
I always saw Putin as 21st century Vlad Tepes, relatively better reputation in his own countries while portrayed as a brutal dictator or corrupt KGB in the western media. If Putin didn't have a good reputation in his own country, I wouldn't see so many videos about how kind he is to kids and animals etc. recommended to me time to time. You don't see those kind of videos with a lot of western leaders.
You seriously believe the old school "Stalin is friend of all children" (actual Soviet slogan) style propaganda?
Speaking of which: https://www.rbth.com/history/328538-stalin-children-gelya-markizova
Putin's photo-op shit is really crude and often just stupidly so. For example he goes swimming and just happens to discover ancient historical artifacts lying there in the shallow water (https://youtube.com/watch?v=132i_zfDriw).