That's okay but...
Imagine that your country is ruled by one man for 18 years. With no viable economic program all the time. With extreme preferential to his inner circle friends. With corruption is only growing and rule of law deteriorating. With no option to elect someone but himself or his obvious puppet. With freedom of speech thrown out the window.
Now you have a glimpse on how to live under V.V.
He did gave his people calm. But it ended up as a cemetery calm.
I live in a nation that has been ruled by Goldman Sack and JP Morgan for over 20 years. The same CIA that installed Yelstin has taken over the US government.
I am not Russian. I don't claim to know what Russians need.
I only know one thing. The Russian people do NOT need the US Military to come spread "democracy" to their nation...AKA...NATO invasion/occupation.
At least Russia doesn't house 25% of the world's prisoners. Russia does not have military bases in 70% of the globe.
See, I'm American...I'm pissed at what my military has done to this world and sick of my tax dollars being spent on this blood bath...the US Empire.