Here's a thread - Putin

[steveo]

Corrupt, paranoid nut job intent on pulling the whole house down

or

Borderline Aspergers thug with designs on Ukraine (which nobody in in the USA could find on a map but yet might be prepared to go to war over)

or

much misunderstood, cuddly old Russki bear

[keekybreeks]

most/some of the above + machiavellian maniplulative intelligence. makes our politicians look like the priveliged lightweights they are.Not that I have a hankering towards either side btw.

russia has a centuries old habit of pulling people like this out of the hat when required.