under water and he rides a submarine to the bottom of the black sea and flies planes and fights forest fires. something ridiculous about a middle-aged world leader riding around shirtless on a horse like conan the barbarian after a dozen doughnuts. who thinks this looks good? everything that we find ridiculous about vladimir putin is very appealing in a media universe that he controls absolutely. perhaps the foundation of the putin juggernaut is a political truism no matter where you live. it is the economy, stupid. after the chaotic years of boris yeltsin, putin stepped in and stabilize the country, and he rode the wave of ever rising oil prices which in russia s resource-rich economy translated into rising wages and soaring
partly, it s the cult of putin. he has mastered the art of the manly photo op. he rides horse back bare chested. finds ancient treasures under water. flies planes, fights forest fires. there s something ridiculous about a middle aged world leader riding around shirtless on a horse like conan the barbarian after a dozen doughnuts. he thinks this looks good. everything that we find ridiculous about vladimir putin is very appealing in a media universe that you control absolutely. perhaps the foundation of the putin juggernaut is a tourism where ever you live. it s the economy stupid. after the years of boris yeldson, putin stepped in and stabilized the country.
flies planes, fights forest fires. there is something ridiculous about the middle aged world leader riding shirtless on a horse like conan the barbarian after a dozen doughnuts. who thinks this looks good? everything that we find ridiculous about vladimir putin is very appealing in the universe that he controls absolutely. reporter: perhaps the foundation of the putin juggernaut is a political tourism no matter where you live. it s the economy. after the chaotic years of boris yeltsin, putin stepped in and stabilized the country, and he rode the wave of ever-rising oil prices. which in russia s resource-rich economy translated into rising wages and stooaring stock industries. then late in 2010, the party stopped.
putin juggernaut is a truism no matter where you live. it s the economy, stupid. after the chaotic years of boris yeltsin. putin stepped in and stabilized the country. and he road the wave of ever rising oil then in late 2014, the party stopped. oil prices slumped and soon after, came western economic sanctions. vladimir putin has navigated hard times well. he has slashed social spending, implemented an austerity program, allowed the ruble to fall. putin is is a fiscal conservative. the outward seeming aspect of wealth looks closer to dubai
conan the barbarian after a dozen donuts. he thinks this looks good. everything we find ridiculous about vladimir putin is very appealing in a media universe that he controls absolutely. perhaps the foundation of the putin juggernaut is a political truism no matter where you live. it s the economy, stupid. after the chaotic years of boris yeltsin, putin stepped in and stabilized the country, and he rode the wave of ever rising oil prices, which translated into rising wages and soaring stock indices. then in late 2014, the party stopped. oil prices slumped. and soon after came western economic sanctions.