What if Yeltsin saw that Putin would be a tyrant? Would he still have appointed Putin?
Yeltsin was a tyrant, didn't you see what he did to the Russian parliament?
Impossible. Voldemort Putler's mastery of the Dark Arts is so great he can cloud the judgment of even the most hardened warriors fighting for the side of Good and Democracy. Don't you know that the Leader of the Free World and Liberator of Iraq, the illustrious Bush the Second was unable to tell the truth even as he stared into Putler's eyes?What if Yeltsin saw that Putin would be a tyrant? Would he still have appointed Putin?
Impossible. Voldemort Putler's mastery of the Dark Arts is so great he can cloud the judgment of even the most hardened warriors fighting for the side of Good and Democracy. Don't you know that the Leader of the Free World and Liberator of Iraq, the illustrious Bush the Second was unable to tell the truth even as he stared into Putler's eyes?
Really, Putin-the-Darkest-One's power to camouflage his true intentions is second only to Darth Jar-Jar Binks.
Why were American-Russia relations good in the Yeltsin era but bad in the Putin era?Oh, the poor democratic Yeltsin guy who got tricked by the evil tyrrant Putin thing again.
Why were American-Russia relations good in the Yeltsin era but bad in the Putin era?
They weren't good. Chechnya, Kosovo, Norwegian Rocket Incident, spies and a lot more.
Yeltsin was too busy being drunk to do anything like, you know, doing something about Islamic extremists having taken over areas of the country. If he didn't do anything about, he sure wouldn't do anything of importance in foreign affairs.Why were American-Russia relations good in the Yeltsin era but bad in the Putin era?
Strong handed. Check.What if Yeltsin saw that Putin would be a tyrant? Would he still have appointed Putin?
In the 1990s Russia was too weak to flex it's muscles. It's hard to influence world events when your economy is collapsing, you're barely staving off separatist revolts, and disputes between the various branches of government end in blows.Why were American-Russia relations good in the Yeltsin era but bad in the Putin era?