Reddit reviews Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?

There are plenty of books on the matter.

Putin has been the gatekeeper of oligarch wealth since he took power. They're all obscenely wealthy, and he's backed up closely by the FSB. It'd take a lot for any of them to turn on him, and a lot more for them to survive the aftermath.

Russia is what happens when the secret police allies with organized crimed and takes over. They're not corrupt politicians, they're criminals who stole a country.

Hi there. I'm older than you. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. Nationalism wasn't a thing then because of the war in Viet Nam. My relatives lived in communist countries. I have studied Russian and Russian history and visited the USSR.

You can google Aleksandr Dugin. He is most famous for writing a book on how to destroy America from within. I firmly believe that this has been happening and is not "fake news." You would have to be familiar with the history of Russia to understand why this is going on. A good (but slow) book to read is Putin's Kleptocracy by Karen Dawisha.

I've gone through some hardships. I know I'm not going to retire as well as my parents have. This weekend I was watching the McCain funeral (on TV and online) and was stunned at some of the online comments, but then I remembered Dugin, who I believe has inspired Putin to attack the United States from within to bring out the worst in people.

Yes, the United States has problems. I've come to believe that old saying where the man lives his life wanting to change the world and comes to realize he needs to change his area of the world first. I suggest reading Brene Brown's Braving the Wilderness. Yes, this period in America's history is disheartening. Yes, it's bringing out the worst in people. There have always been problems with bias in the news (even though it's probably worse now). There are definitely things I wish were in the U.S. that are available in other countries. I am also glad to be here.

I remember when people wanted to move out when Obama was elected. I'm trying to understand where they are coming from. Some people have told me that they think we're living in a socialist country. As a student of Russian history and as someone who has an British ex, I find that opinion laughable, but I listen to them and talk with them. I have friends whose families were involved in the political arena (read: DC) in the 1970s and who have remembrances of the past where politics was politics and our elected representatives would go the parties and hang out when the day was done, no matter what their political affiliation.

Do your research. Spend some time in the country you think you want to live in. Every country has their faults. In the meantime, don't forget to vote in every election.

Edit: grammar.

I can't claim complete merit for the idea; I first came across the term in this book

Would you have sought the book out if I had just sent you the Amazon link? It is a real book written by scholar of Russian studies. You asked for concrete evidence. Now you have it. You can read it or not but you can't ever claim that nobody ever gave you evidence. I made it extremely easy for you to find out what Putin and his history are about.

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207

If anyone wants to see into the future, I recommend Putin's Kleptocracy.

Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207

Jesus dude, you really are a retard.

Here ya go....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Russia

http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results

http://www.business-anti-corruption.com/country-profiles/russia

https://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wet8Tfh3as

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9yZ_52w60w

Took me less than 5 minutes to find these, why don't you educate yourself?

Pay particular attention to the "CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2014: RESULTS"

I could on and on and on.....