putin sure is an amazing leader... i want to find a way to be critical of him - he's into all this ceremony and tradition, but he utilizes it in a very positive sense, wanting to bring the people of russia together.. i can't find any fault with him or anything he is doing.. thus - i find him an amazing leader!! it is not that i am incapable of being critical... maybe there is some background story i am missing - he is in cahoots with the oligarchs and leading everyone down the garden path - but i just don't see it, lol... he comes across as a very honourable person.. i have to honour my impressions which fly in the face of how he is portrayed in the western media!! none of the wests leaders have a shred of character by comparison!! thanks again karl for continuing to shine a light on a country and people that the west is loath to say anything good about... kudos to you on that!
Thanks james. I came across this late last night and new it would be my major effort for today. I watched Putin alone in that room filled with many families and asked myself: Where's Putin's family" Where's a female companion to consol and for him to talk with. I know he values his family's privacy very highly, so we don't get to see that part of him. Instead, all of Russia is his surrogate family. Maybe that's enough? For myself, it wouldn't be. He appeared very somber at the Church ceremony; I didn't post nearly all the available photos. Yes, Putin's building an ethos that promotes a nation of caring souls, a caring society that doesn't avoid those in need, people that are in some sort of distress. A nation that honors and celebrates its diversity and differences, that shares celebratory times because it's their kinsmen. And approaches relations with other nations, cultures, civilizations in similar fashion as long as its friendliness is reciprocated. There is such a thing as leading by example, and that's what Putin, Russia and friends are doing.
you say it best in the last sentence... he's an amazing leader and i respect his desire to keep his family separate from the spotlight put on his constantly..
When you read Putin's Wikipedia's entry, you'll understand why--Tabloid speculations and inability to allow Putin the basic decency of privacy. And of course, the fantastical speculations on his wealth--recall the Putin Mansion that wasn't and other ribald stories?
I doubt anywhere in the west there's been a comparable leader - he and team Putin have lifted the Russian Federation out of the nineties and performed a miraculous transformation. Some are great in peace others in war, but Putin has managed to straddle all circumstances and plan and execute successfully. For many across the globe he's become the symbol of resistance which the west and its enablers can't abide.
Well, robe would be more accurate, but your point is well made. For many years, I've been writing it's about Honor and its lack as serial prevaricators have none.
I find this decision by Patriarch Kirill to be correct and certainly in the spirit of Christmas. It was reported by TASS today:
""Russia should not reject people who left the country after the beginning of the special military operation for ideological reasons, if they return "with a realization that they made a mistake," Patriarch Kirill of Moscow said in an interview for TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov.
""One should not push away a person that sinned, if they come with repentance, with realization of their guilt. If people that left Russia and even spoke out against in some way somewhere come back with realization that they really made a mistake, then the Homeland cannot reject them," the Patriarch said.
"He provided the Parable of the Prodigal Son as an example, which tells a story of a father who accepted his younger son, who voluntarily left home with his inheritance and squandered it. According to the Patriarch, he can formulate no other approach to the people returning to Russia but the Christian one.
""There can probably be some law enforcement issues, the degree of these people’s involvement in some criminal action, but this is not a concern for a cleric. And I say, underscore that there are worthy people among them, ones who made a mistake, who got scared or those that truly sought to find something more comfortable for themselves in life, but got confounded on this path. And if they come to home with repentance, the father has to accept them," he concluded."
putin sure is an amazing leader... i want to find a way to be critical of him - he's into all this ceremony and tradition, but he utilizes it in a very positive sense, wanting to bring the people of russia together.. i can't find any fault with him or anything he is doing.. thus - i find him an amazing leader!! it is not that i am incapable of being critical... maybe there is some background story i am missing - he is in cahoots with the oligarchs and leading everyone down the garden path - but i just don't see it, lol... he comes across as a very honourable person.. i have to honour my impressions which fly in the face of how he is portrayed in the western media!! none of the wests leaders have a shred of character by comparison!! thanks again karl for continuing to shine a light on a country and people that the west is loath to say anything good about... kudos to you on that!
Thanks james. I came across this late last night and new it would be my major effort for today. I watched Putin alone in that room filled with many families and asked myself: Where's Putin's family" Where's a female companion to consol and for him to talk with. I know he values his family's privacy very highly, so we don't get to see that part of him. Instead, all of Russia is his surrogate family. Maybe that's enough? For myself, it wouldn't be. He appeared very somber at the Church ceremony; I didn't post nearly all the available photos. Yes, Putin's building an ethos that promotes a nation of caring souls, a caring society that doesn't avoid those in need, people that are in some sort of distress. A nation that honors and celebrates its diversity and differences, that shares celebratory times because it's their kinsmen. And approaches relations with other nations, cultures, civilizations in similar fashion as long as its friendliness is reciprocated. There is such a thing as leading by example, and that's what Putin, Russia and friends are doing.
you say it best in the last sentence... he's an amazing leader and i respect his desire to keep his family separate from the spotlight put on his constantly..
When you read Putin's Wikipedia's entry, you'll understand why--Tabloid speculations and inability to allow Putin the basic decency of privacy. And of course, the fantastical speculations on his wealth--recall the Putin Mansion that wasn't and other ribald stories?
I doubt anywhere in the west there's been a comparable leader - he and team Putin have lifted the Russian Federation out of the nineties and performed a miraculous transformation. Some are great in peace others in war, but Putin has managed to straddle all circumstances and plan and execute successfully. For many across the globe he's become the symbol of resistance which the west and its enablers can't abide.
The most prominent world leader of our time.
absolutely - hands down!! with his level of integrity, no one comes close!
Can you imagine a western leader promoting god, church, families, patrioism and duty? Not a rainbow in sight. And the only guy in dress is a priest.
Trump was a little like it. But not completely. Trump was unprofessional. His biggest flaw.
Well, robe would be more accurate, but your point is well made. For many years, I've been writing it's about Honor and its lack as serial prevaricators have none.
I find this decision by Patriarch Kirill to be correct and certainly in the spirit of Christmas. It was reported by TASS today:
""Russia should not reject people who left the country after the beginning of the special military operation for ideological reasons, if they return "with a realization that they made a mistake," Patriarch Kirill of Moscow said in an interview for TASS Director General Andrey Kondrashov.
""One should not push away a person that sinned, if they come with repentance, with realization of their guilt. If people that left Russia and even spoke out against in some way somewhere come back with realization that they really made a mistake, then the Homeland cannot reject them," the Patriarch said.
"He provided the Parable of the Prodigal Son as an example, which tells a story of a father who accepted his younger son, who voluntarily left home with his inheritance and squandered it. According to the Patriarch, he can formulate no other approach to the people returning to Russia but the Christian one.
""There can probably be some law enforcement issues, the degree of these people’s involvement in some criminal action, but this is not a concern for a cleric. And I say, underscore that there are worthy people among them, ones who made a mistake, who got scared or those that truly sought to find something more comfortable for themselves in life, but got confounded on this path. And if they come to home with repentance, the father has to accept them," he concluded."