Vladimir Putin: Difference between revisions

'''Vladimir Putin '''is the ucrrent leader of Russia. In Russia, Putin's leadership has mostly enjoyed considerable popularity, with generally high approval ratings.However, many of his actions have been characterised by the domestic opposition as undemocratic.Western observers and organisations have also voiced criticism of Putin's leadership. The 2011 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index Democracy Index] stated that Russia has been in "a long process of regression culminated in a move from a hybrid to an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian authoritarian] regime" under Putin, and American diplomatic cables leaked by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks WikiLeaks] allege that Russia has become a "virtual [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_state mafia state]" due to systematic corruption in Putin's governance. Some critics describe him as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictator dictator],allegations which Putin adamantly denies. Putin publicly projects an adventurous, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macho macho] image via taking part in unusual or dangerous activities; some of these [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunt publicity stunts] have occasionally been criticised. A keen practitioner of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_arts martial arts], Putin has played a major role in the development of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Russia sport in Russia], notably, helping [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sochi Sochi] to win the bid for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Winter_Olympics 2014 Winter Olympics]. Although many Russians assigns successes such as economic growth and stabilize the situation in the country and the restoration of Russian influence in the world