As a Russian citizen, is your life better or worse under Putin's rule?

I am 45 now, so I remember pre-Putin times quite well. I am not sure if it is thanks to Putin or despite of Putin but current Russia is much-much better. You simply cannot compare of how it was…

Top stories for Mohit   As a Russian citizen, is your life better or worse under Putin's rule? Valery Stepanov, lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates • Answered November 10, 2020 I am 45 now, so I remember pre-Putin times quite well. I am not sure if it is thanks to Putin or despite of Putin but current Russia is much-much better. You simply cannot c... Read more » 1.3M 2.6K 318   What if there is an afterlife? Bruce Taylor, Aging as gracefully as I can. • Updated December 24 Mark Twain wrote*, as an old man, "Many people have asked me if I believe in a life after death. I can only reply that I don't know, but I will soon be in a capital position... Read more » 243.8K 172 25   What is the most tragic announcement that was made at your high school? Mark Thomase, lived in Boulder, CO • Updated 16h ago When my daughter was a senior in high school, we were eating dinner as a family when the phone rang. It was the police, and they were asking for my daughter. She answered th... Read more » 4M 4.6K 128   Why does Russia not use its most modern equipment against Ukraine? Like the SU-57 and T-14. Aleksey Aleksandrovich, Business Owner • Answered February 27 Forget about SU57 and T14 Armata. Meet "Motolyga", a terrifying Russian super weapon…… from 1950s. You have already seen them in the multiple videos circulating the web, th... Read more » 206.1K 830 102   What is China wating for in order to invade Taiwan? Sylvain Saurel • Answered November 22 China will not invade Taiwan as long as America continues to act as Taiwan's defender of last resort. However, there is no indication that America is willing to go to such l... Read more » 140.3K 169 48   Is Spain a developed country? Eric Marsh, lives in La Drova, Spain (2017-present) • Answered May 15, 2018 Yes it is well developed yet almost paradoxically very historic too. A few random examples: Here's two photos I took at a grocery store in Valencia, looking one way and then... Read more » 258.6K 365 59   Why doesn't Ukraine attack the 40+ mile long convoy before it reaches Kiev? Daniel Štekl, Student of Archiving and the 20th Century • Updated 23h ago First let me just mention that all information presented here gets old very quickly, the war is evolving every minute, thus take this post with a bit of salt. A big part of ... Read more » 233.9K 590 66   Is it really true that Vladimir Putin's daughter lives in Rotterdam in the Netherlands? And if so, did she become a Dutch citizen? Boris Ivanov, studied History & Literature at Russian State University for the Humanities • Answered January 31 No, she doesn't. While we've never had any official reports on this matter, it is considered true that Maria Putina, Vladimir Putin's elder daughter, lived in the Netherlan... Read more » 1.2M 1.2K 49   If we stopped buying Chinese products, how long would it take before the Chinese economy collapsed? Donald Canton, Positive healthy person in Boston, Massachusetts, USA • Updated February 1 If we stopped buying Chinese products, how long would it take before the Chinese economy collapsed? How many people are there in your "we" concept? Millions? Billions? Of cou... Read more » 563.6K 942 82   Why is Turkey not recognised as a major military power in the world? Oral Gürsoy, lived in Turkey (2003-2021) • Answered October 27 Because it objectively is not. To be considered a world-class military power, you need the ability to exert military power outside of your immediate neighbors - for example... Read more » 333.8K 624 84   Why doesn't Vladimir Putin swing his right arm when he walks? Dima Vorobiev, former Propaganda Executive at Russia • Updated January 4, 2021 President Putin's idiosyncratic way of walking, with his right arm almost immovable, and excessive torso swaying to compensate for this, has long puzzled everyone. Loyalists... Read more » 681.2K 1.2K 48   However the crisis in Ukraine ends, could it be China that gains the most? Why? Thomas Pauken II, B.A. from Thomas More College of Liberal Arts (1999) • Answered February 25 BEIJING: In the past two months, Washington, London and Brussels alongside the US Defense Department and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) officials have all procla... Read more » 25.7K 681 79   If China attacks Taiwan, F-35 fighter jets from South Korea and Australia will be immediately deployed to Taiwan sea by the US allies. Will Chinese fighter jets even have a chance to take off? Bill Chen, Completed 22-year military cycle • Answered June 21, 2021 The distance of Taiwan from say, Darwin, is more than 4,000 km. There is no way for Aussie f35s to join the fight. Korea is 1,500 km from Taiwan. It is at the theoretical ma... Read more » 3.9M 674 138   How long will it take for Russia to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv? Symon Jemčenko, lived in Ukraine • Answered February 20 In 1999–2000, Russian military spent more than 2 months capturing Chechen capital Grozny, then a city with a population of less than 200 thousand, from Chechen paramilitary... Read more » 570.4K 2.4K 219   Do you think that something is wrong with Putin with his invasion of Ukraine? Tomaž Vargazon, Practicing atheist • Answered February 28 One possibility is he'y dealthy ill and desperately wants something to be remembered by. This image is from just before the invasion. Notice the puffed up cheeks and sunken ... Read more » 323.7K 4.2K 259 Read more in your feed

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