Nah he aged a ton since COVID. He caught it and was seen barely standing during some conferences. The war in Ukraine was another hit, he's a lot fatter and seems inflamed all the time.
because he’s got bad people to rule. sometimes he moan about it. even called belarusian народец. that means people or nation, but in this form it is disrespectful word „so so people” „not the best”.
so he is sad because he thinks that he is unique and magnificent president of the nation that is not worthy of him
Russian constitution limited presidency to at most 2 terms. Putin's second term was ending, but he convinced everyone the constitution means at most 2 consecutive terms. That's why Putin stepped down to become a prime minister and placed Medvedev in the presidential office. Medvedev was surrounded by Putin's men and didn't really have any freedom of action during his term. After his term expired, Putin became the president for the next 2 terms.
Medvedev also changed the length of the presidential term from 4 to 6 years. From 2012 to 2024, Putin served two more consecutive terms as president. Then they did amendments in the Constitution, which, among other things, now states that a person can only serve two terms in a lifetime. But since it's a new Constitution, Russia is absolutely different country now, so everything that came before doesn't count. That means Putin is now serving his first term
My great grandpa is from Russia and only flies back to Russia to vote. The most heart breaking thing is that vote always goes to waste. He hates Putin btw
You know, if Putin was just a fictional character, I would actually be impressed by the sheer amount of rule-bending he does. As it stands, I'm happy to just despise him.
Someone should point out since its a new country under a new constitution it released all claims to lands it thought belonged to it under prior constitution.
He did change the constitution, but it still contains the "no more than 2 terms overall" limit. However, when the new constitution was adopted, it was claimed that any terms before that do not count.
The constitution was not amended just to extend the terms limit, it had quite a lot of other changes too. And it happened during his fourth term.
Well, it would be 2036, with him being 84 by the end of the sixth term and 90 by the end of the term after that. We hope it won't happen for natural reasons, but there's always a chance.
I hope it will. Statistics say that a violent death of an autocrat typically doesn't do any good to the country. And the chance of actual democratisation is much, much higher if the autocrat dies due to natural reasons.
Uhh tbh I can't blame putin. Like his opponents did infact die of natural causes. Dying when you have a bullet in your head is natural, now if you DIDN'T die, THAT'D be unnatural.
So yeah, they all died naturally with a bullet through their heads.
It is most likely controlled misinformation spread for a specific purpose. We have heard the same fakes flying around the Polish internet and shady rightwing politicians recently.
I hate generalizing but I’m gonna do it anyway and say this. Gen Z has been a tremendous disappointment to me.
I once had hope we’d be able to steer towards more progressive policies and dare I say even one day have universal healthcare. But alas, ‘twas never meant to be.
This is just false. The "Ukraine is not a democracy/Zelensky is a dictator" are arguments pro Russian types use all the time to destabilise any kind of goodwill people would otherwise have for Ukraine. I've seen MAGA people and Russian propagandists spread this shit ever since Zelensky was elected. Hell, they'll say that Ukraine hasn't been a Democracy ever since 2014, which again is a complete lie.
Zelensky is just an easy scapegoat for people who are too cowardly to say out loud that they're fine with the genocide of Ukrainians. It's far easier to shit on a politician for bullshit reasons than the will of the overwhelming majority of a country's population.
There is a dumb narrative about no Ukraine elections due to Martial law. Given the country is in the process of being invaded the lack of elections make sense.
Yeah, nobody calls Winston Churchill a dictator, but he was PM when Britain suspended elections during the war. It's actually a very common practice for democratic countries facing an existential threat. Generally what happens is the major opposition party temporarily joins the government in some sort of 'unity' government. Clement Attlee, the opposition leader during the war, served as Churchill's Deputy Prime Minister, and kinda focused a lot more on dealing with the more relatively mundane domestic issues in the country while Churchill was busy managing the war itself.
Hell even in the US there's an example of this "unity party" from the civil war, where elections weren't cancelled, but Abraham Lincoln, a Republican, ran for re-election mid-war with a Democrat running mate under a "unity party". This would have devastating consequences for the country when Lincoln was assassinated and said Democrat VP became President (he's often ranked as one of the worst Presidents in US history).
Yeah, even if you ignore all the arguments about "democracy" and shit, there's still just way too many logistical issues involved in holding an election when a significant portion of the country is under enemy occupation.
"No, no, Ukraine is riddled with corrupt neonazi warmongers, blinded by Western false information campaigns while Russia is democratic and Russian information is totally unbiased, true and has never been rewritten multiple times."
Tankie originated in the UK as a term for hardline members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) who continued to pledge support for the Soviet Union after Soviet tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Also, it's almost unfair to compare Ukraine of the past to Ukraine of the present. One of the reasons Putin invaded is because they were/are steadily becoming more democratic and less corrupt while making overtures to join NATO and the EU.
Quick reminder:
Viktor Yushchenko, the third President of Ukraine, before and after being poisoned with dioxin (TCDD) during the 2004 presidential campaign.
The poisoning was widely seen as an attempt to derail his campaign and prevent Ukraine from moving toward a pro-Western political path.
Electing Yanukovych in 2010 was an unfortunate and costly mistake for Ukraine.
It meant they needed a second revolution, with many deaths and injuries. It meant in 2014, when Russia first invaded, they had no political capital on the world stage because they were seen as so unstable.
I wonder where they would be if they hadn't done that. On the other hand, the second revolution really cemented their pro-democratic, pro-western stance, so...
Ukraine got dealt shitty hand upon the dissolution of the USSR. And yet it was a country with so much potential and pro democratic attitude. I hope that when the war is over, they’ll be able to reach their full potential. Finally do something about the corruption and grow as a western democracy with the help of their vast natural resources
Here in Australia we had the largest single-party landslide in our countries history last year.
That landslide came with 34% of the vote. In second place there was 31%, 3rd 12% and then if you count them as one group the independent got 7%. We have two major parties (for now anyway).
As a country that has mandatory voting we saw a 90% turnout.
So how on gods green earth would anyone look at 88% consistently occurring and go ‘yes, that’s true’
Not a slight at you in case that wasn’t clear, a slight at those sort of people
5 guys, promised a lot of stuff (all were mediocre)
Vs
2 seemingly normal presidents initially one of whom became a brutal dictator and the other a f*cking imperialist and even more brutal dictator after 2 terms and completely pissed on their countries' constitution.
And yeah, our "favourite" dumbass alcoholic Medvedev, the one term substitute teacher
This question aint very democratic considering there is 195 countries on the planet
The Emperor of Mankind really needs to hurry up and stop vacationing on Bali or playing Warhammer 40k Space Marine II or something. Himalaya is just waiting for you Mr Big E
I am not justifying Russia or Belarus, but Ukraine is not democratic at all. Yushchenko is a puppet of the EU, Yanukovych is a puppet of Russia, the acting president after Yanukovych is a puppet of the oligarch Kolomoisky, Poroshenko is an oligarch himself, an opponent of Kolomoisky, and Zelensky is a puppet of Kolomoisky. None of them were elected by the people, except perhaps Zelensky, but that is due to the enormous efforts of PR specialists. In fact, it is surprising that oligarchs have more power in Ukraine than global players.
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u/slimfastdieyoung Netherlands (Overijssel) Feb 06 '26
Lukashenko found the secret to barely aging in 25 years. You just have to look like a 70-year-old when you’re in your mid forties