MOSCOW — Speaking at the Valdai Club in Sochi recently, President Vladimir Putin easily dismissed the slogan, “No Putin — No Russia,” put forward on the eve of the event by his deputy chief of staff Vyacheslav Volodin. By doing so, Putin showed that he is a “European” leader and not a Central Asian “president for life,” contrary to the wishes of officials like Volodin.
Volodin’s slogan might work well for a rally in support of his United Russia party, but it lacks enough substance to serve as the basis of an entire ideology — despite the efforts by some pro-Kremlin …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
