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== Villainy ==
== Villainy ==
* Putin is accused of rigging the 2016 US election in favor of [[Donald Trump]] by spreading disinformation about Trump's rival, Hillary Clinton, and having the GRU hack into the Democratic Party's information systems to steal computer files.
* Putin is accused of rigging the 2016 US election in favor of [[Donald Trump]] by spreading disinformation about Trump's rival, Hillary Clinton, and having the GRU hack into the Democratic Party's information systems to steal computer files.<ref name=Mueller>[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-mueller-investigation-explained-2/ The Mueller Investigation, Explained]</ref>
** A US intelligence report found that [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/us/politics/election-interference-russia-2020-assessment.amp.html Putin unsuccessfully tried to interfere in the 2020 US election by spreading damaging information about Trump's rival Joe Biden].
** A US intelligence report found that Putin unsuccessfully tried to interfere in the 2020 US election by spreading damaging information about Trump's rival Joe Biden. <ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/us/politics/election-interference-russia-2020-assessment.amp.html Russian Interference in 2020 Included Influencing Trump Associates, Report Says], ''The New York Times''</ref>
* His administration has been accused of committing domestic terrorist attacks in Russia.
* His administration has been accused of committing domestic terrorist attacks in Russia.
** Most notably, when Putin was Prime Minister his government allegedly ordered the [[1999 Russian apartment bombings]], which killed 307 people, and blaming Chechen terrorists. Alexander Litvinenko, the defector who first accused Putin of this, was later assassinated in the UK by Russian security forces.
** Most notably, when Putin was Prime Minister his government is suspected of ordering the [[1999 Russian apartment bombings]], which killed 307 people, and blaming Chechen terrorists as a pretext for the invasion of Chechnya which resulted in the [[Second Chechen War]]<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/08/vladimir-putin-1999-russian-apartment-house-bombings-was-putin-responsible/ The Unsolved Mystery Behind the Act of Terror That Brought Putin to Power], ''National Review''</ref><ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/how-the-1999-russian-apartment-bombings-led-to-putins-rise-to-power-2018-3 How a series of deadly Russian apartment bombings in 1999 led to Putin's rise to power], ''Business Insider''</ref>. Alexander Litvinenko, the defector who first accused Putin of this, was later assassinated in the UK by Russian security forces.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/russia-responsible-for-alexander-litvinenko-death-european-court-rules Russia responsible for Alexander Litvinenko death, European court rules], ''The Guardian''</ref>
* He has enacted purges of several of his political enemies, similar to those carried out by [[Joseph Stalin]].
* Following the 1999 Russian apartment bombings, allegedly by Chechen terrorists, Putin ordered the Russian Armed Forces to bombard the Chechen city of Grozny with ballistic missiles. The attack resulted in numerous civilian deaths and has been characterized as a [[war crimes|war crime]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/482193.stm Russians at odds over market attack], ''BBC News''</ref> Many other war crimes were committed during the course of the war.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2006/10/12/russia-condemned-chechnya-killings Russia condemned over Chechnya killings], ''Human Rights Watch''</ref><ref>[http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/45d2165b40636215c12568f20052f83c Russian atrocities in Chechnya detailed]</ref>
* He has banned protests and has people imprisoned for posting memes that mock the government or church, he is also openly Anti-LGBT, having banned LGBT people to protest, getting jobs, getting in the army and to have their flags.
* He has enacted purges of several of his political enemies, with prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny being imprisoned for alleged corruption. Navalny's imprisonment has been internationally condemned as a sham, and the Russian government is accused of trying to have Navalny poisoned in prison.<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2021/05/statement-on-alexei-navalnys-status-as-prisoner-of-conscience/ Statement on Alexei Navalny's status as Prisoner of Conscience], ''Amnesty International''</ref>
* He has banned protests<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/08/russia-end-of-the-road-for-those-seeking-to-exercise-their-right-to-protest/ Russia: End of the road for those seeking to exercise their right to protest], ''Amnesty International''</ref> and has people imprisoned for posting memes that mock the government or church.<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-45247879.amp The memes that might get you jailed in Russia], ''BBC News''</ref> He is also openly anti-LGBT,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/world/europe/putin-proposes-constitutional-ban-on-gay-marriage.html Putin proposes constitutional ban on gay marriage], ''The New York Times''</ref> having banned gay pride parades<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19293465 Gay parades banned in Moscow for 100 years], ''BBC News''</ref> and public discussion of homosexuality<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130911233809/https://www.amnesty.org/en/news/russia-lgbti-g20-2013-09-04 G20 leaders must reject Russia’s homophobic law], ''Amnesty International''</ref> among other things.  
* He is allies with [[Alexander Lukashenko]], [[Viktor Yanukovych]], [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Alpha Condé]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Narendra Modi]], [[Nicolás Maduro]], [[Faustin-Archange Touadéra]], [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], [[Ali Khamenei]], [[Mohammed bin Salman]], [[Rodrigo Duterte]], [[Min Aung Hlaing]], [[Hun Sen]], [[Emmerson Mnangagwa]], [[Isaias Afewerki]], [[Daniel Ortega]], [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], [[Than Shwe]], [[Omar al-Bashir]], [[Emomali Rahmon]], [[Ilham Aliyev]], [[Serzh Sargsyan]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], and [[Xi Jinping]]. He also was friendly with [[Muammar Gaddafi]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Kim Jong-il]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Robert Mugabe]], [[Slobodan Milosevic]], [[Hugo Chávez]], [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], [[Islam Karimov]], [[Heydar Aliyev]], [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], [[Silvio Berlusconi]], [[Viktor Orbán]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Aleksandar Vučić]] and [[Donald Trump]].
* He is allies with [[Alexander Lukashenko]], [[Viktor Yanukovych]], [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[Alpha Condé]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Narendra Modi]], [[Nicolás Maduro]], [[Faustin-Archange Touadéra]], [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], [[Ali Khamenei]], [[Mohammed bin Salman]], [[Rodrigo Duterte]], [[Min Aung Hlaing]], [[Hun Sen]], [[Emmerson Mnangagwa]], [[Isaias Afewerki]], [[Daniel Ortega]], [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]], [[Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow]], [[Than Shwe]], [[Omar al-Bashir]], [[Emomali Rahmon]], [[Ilham Aliyev]], [[Serzh Sargsyan]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], and [[Xi Jinping]]. He also was friendly with [[Muammar Gaddafi]], [[Saddam Hussein]], [[Kim Jong-il]], [[Fidel Castro]], [[Robert Mugabe]], [[Slobodan Milosevic]], [[Hugo Chávez]], [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], [[Islam Karimov]], [[Heydar Aliyev]], [[Aung San Suu Kyi]], [[Silvio Berlusconi]], [[Viktor Orbán]], [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], [[Aleksandar Vučić]] and [[Donald Trump]].
* He has suppressed all mass media that is not controlled by the state.
* He has suppressed all mass media that is not controlled by the state.<ref>[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2013/eur/220324.htm Human Rights Report: Russia], US Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor</ref>
* His invasions of Ukraine and Georgia. These incidents have caused Russia to face international sanctions, which in turn hurt Russia's economy and caused the value of the Russian Ruble to go down.Although Stalin only used starvation as a weapon of war on Ukrainian territory, Putin used starvation and cold knowing international law.
* In 2014 Putin ordered the successful invasion and annexation of Crimea, which was declared a violation of international law by the United Nations.<ref>[https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N18/451/02/PDF/N1845102.pdf?OpenElement United Nations General Assembly resolution 73/194. "Problem of the militarization of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine, as well as parts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov"], United Nations</ref> This was followed in February 2022 when Putin ordered an [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]] in support of the pro-Russian [[Donetsk People's Republic|Donetsk]] and [[Luhansk People's Republic]]s. The ongoing invasion has included illegal referendums internationally condemned as rigged to add parts of Ukraine to Russian territory<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63052207 Ukraine war: Russia claims win in occupied Ukraine 'sham' referendums], ''BBC News''</ref> and has been characterized by widespread [[war crimes]] by Russian troops.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/04/03/ukraine-apparent-war-crimes-russia-controlled-areas Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas: Summary Executions, Other Grave Abuses by Russian Forces], ''Human Rights Watch''</ref>
* Despite the Russian Constitution forbidding the use of [[torture]], Putin allows Federal Security Service officers to use torture.
* Despite the Russian Constitution forbidding the use of [[torture]], Russian authorities have been accused of torturing detainees by human rights groups during Putin's time in office.<ref>[https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/07/russia-peaceful-protesters-detained-abused Russia: Peaceful Protesters Detained, Abused], ''Human Rights Watch''</ref> Russian troops in Ukraine have also been implicated in torturing prisoners of war.<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/11/23/ukraine-war-un-report-details-abuse-and-torture-in-russian-prisons.html UN report details horrifying Ukrainian accounts of abuse and torture in Russian prisons], ''CNBC''</ref>
* During Putin's years in office, a series of Russian democrats, journalists, and opposition leaders have been killed in mysterious circumstances.
* During Putin's years in office, a series of Russian democrats, journalists, and opposition leaders have been killed in mysterious circumstances.<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/list-of-people-putin-is-suspected-of-assassinating-2016-3%3famp Here’s a list of Putin critics who've ended up dead], ''Business Insider''</ref>
* He is the architect of the Second Chechen War, having ordered the bombing of Grozny when he was Prime Minister.
* According to [https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/dd6490ae-4752-41e1-aecf-4b5237972994 this article] by Finnish magazine and tabloid Iltalehti, a report by political ministries revealed that Putin and his government are trying to control Finnish politics and possibly detach Finland politically from other Nordic countries, the Baltic states and the political camp managed by the USA and Great Britain.
* According to [https://www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a/dd6490ae-4752-41e1-aecf-4b5237972994 this article] by Finnish magazine and tabloid Iltalehti, a report by political ministries revealed that Putin and his government are trying to control Finnish politics and possibly detach Finland politically from other Nordic countries, the Baltic states and the political camp managed by the USA and Great Britain.
* Has connections to the [[Russian Mafia]], particularly mob boss [[Semion Mogilevich]], and possibly other organized crime syndicates, but denies it.
* Has been accused of connections to the [[Russian Mafia]], particularly mob boss [[Semion Mogilevich]].<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/semion-mogilevich-relationship-with-putin-2015-1%3famp Poisoned KGB Agent Said Putin Has A 'Good Relationship' With One Of The World's Top Mobsters], ''Business Insider''</ref>
* In February 2017, Putin passed legislation decriminalizing several forms of domestic violence. The amount of domestic violence-related homicides in Russia largely increased as a result.
* In February 2017, Putin signed into law legislation decriminalizing several forms of domestic violence. The amount of domestic violence-related homicides in Russia increased significantly as a result.<ref>[https://news.sky.com/story/how-russias-decision-to-decriminalise-domestic-violence-is-continuing-to-kill-12250780 Russia's decriminalising of domestic violence means women continue to die], ''Sky News''</ref>
* During the [[2002 Moscow hostage crisis]], Putin's police employed poison gas which killed about 100 hostages and shot and killed several militants while they were unconscious. Putin subsequently attempted to cover up the truth about the incident, lying to the public about the gas used and the hostage's cause of death, and refused to investigate the crimes committed by the police during the raid.[[File:Ukrainian rescuers check the remains of a street in Chernigiv (cropped).jpg|thumb|Ukrainian rescuers check the remains of the 18th school of Chernigiv after shelling during Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
* During the [[2002 Moscow hostage crisis]], Putin's police employed poison gas which killed about 100 hostages<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2365383.stm Gas 'killed Moscow hostages'], ''BBC News''</ref> and shot and killed all 40 militants while they were unconscious. Putin subsequently attempted to cover up the truth about the incident, lying to the public about the gas used and the hostage's cause of death, and refused to investigate the crimes committed by the police during the raid.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20067384 Moscow theatre siege: Questions remain unanswered], ''BBC News''</ref>[[File:Ukrainian rescuers check the remains of a street in Chernigiv (cropped).jpg|thumb|Ukrainian rescuers check the remains of the 18th school of Chernigiv after shelling during Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
* Investigations by several intelligence agencies into the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 concluded that pro-Kremlin rebels armed by Putin had shot the plane down, killing all 298 civilians on board.
* Multiple international investigations, including a Dutch criminal trial, have held Putin's government responsible for the destruction of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 by Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine in 2014, killing 298 people.<ref>[https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/mh17-shot-down-by-missile-from-russia-by-its-military-report-finds/news-story/d3d MH17 evidence points to 'rogue state' Russia, Tony Abbott says], ''The Australian''</ref><ref>[https://www.government.nl/latest/news/2018/05/25/mh17-the-netherlands-and-australia-hold-russia-responsible MH17: The Netherlands and Australia hold Russia responsible], Government of the Netherlands</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/20/the-evidence-that-may-prove-pro-russian-separatists-shot-down-m The evidence that may prove pro-Russian separatists shot down MH17], ''The Washington Post''</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37495067 MH17 missile 'came from Russia', Dutch-led investigators say], ''BBC News''</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/17/three-men-found-guilty-of-murdering-298-people-in-flight-mh17-bombing Three men found guilty of murdering 298 people in shooting down of MH17], ''The Guardian''</ref>
** [[Igor Strelkov|The rebels who shot MH17 down]] are also protected by the Russian government.
* International observers have accused Putin of rigging Russian elections.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2021/10/11/russian-elections-once-again-had-a-suspiciously-neat-result Russian elections once again had a suspiciously neat result], ''The Economist''</ref>
**Putin has broken the international law imposed on chemical weapons due to their danger against civilians
* Intelligence agencies in the United States concluded that Russian agents, presumably led by Putin, have meddled in various elections (most notably the 2016 presidential election which was won by [[Donald Trump]]), although Putin has denied this and the claims are disputed.<ref name=Mueller/>
* Many [[war crimes]] have been committed in Ukraine and Syria by troops under Putin's command and regime.
* He has also been accused of being a [[Pedophilia|pedophile]] by Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko, with Litvinenko claiming the existence of videotapes in the FSB Internal Security directorate depicting Putin having sex with underage boys, although these claims have never been substantiated.<ref>[https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1708835/putin-paedophile-alexander-litvinenko-spt?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target Putin accused of being a paedophile in explosive unearthed report from Litvinenko inquiry], ''The Daily Express''</ref>
* He remains in power by rigging the Russian presidential elections.
** What fueled the credibility of this accusation was the fact that Putin, for unknown reasons, lifted the t-shirt of a random four- or five-year-old boy and kissed his stomach during a walkabout in a public square near the Kremlin.<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/alexander-litvinenko-putin-video-paedophile-7223902.amp Alexander Litvinenko: The Putin video and paedophile claims which may have triggered ex-spy's murder], ''The Daily Mirror''</ref>
* Intelligence agencies in the United States concluded that agents, presumably led by Putin, have meddled in various elections (most notably the 2016 presidential election which was won by [[Donald Trump]]), although Putin has denied this and the claims are disputed.
* Despite Chechen President [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] being a Kremlin servant (like his father), Putin's administration has a history of [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]] discrimination, having banned a lot of Islamic material as "extremist"<ref>[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2013/oct/08/russian-court-bans-quran-translation Russian court bans Qur’an translation], ''The Guardian''</ref> and ordered Muslim clerics arrested and allegedly tortured.<ref>[https://www.refworld.org/docid/5a099a644.html Russia: Muslim prisoner of conscience tortured], UNHCR</ref> The US State Department considers Russia to be a country without religious freedom.<ref>[https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2021/november/nigeria-russia-religious-freedom-countries-uscirf-cpc-list.html Nigeria Removed, Russia Added to US State Department’s Religious Persecution List], ''Christianity Today''</ref>
* He tried to make [[Joseph Stalin]]'s publicity better.
* In 2004, he refused to recognize the [[Ainu Wars|cultural genocide of the Ainu people]] committed by Japan after receiving a letter from an Ainu community residing in Kamchatka Krai.<ref>[http://kamtime.ru/old/archive/08_12_2004/13.shtml Камчатское Время]</ref>
* He didn't care that the Russian economy was dependent on oil prices. This led to the ruble fall 2 times in 2014, because oil prices also fell that year.
* He has also been accused of being a [[Pedophilia|pedophile]] by Russian defector [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko Alexander Litvinenko], with Litvinenko claiming the existence of videotapes in the FSB Internal Security directorate from the time Putin was a student, in which he appears making sex with some underage boys.  
** What fueled the credibility of this accusation was the fact that Putin, for unknown reasons, lifted the t-shirt of a random four- or five-year-old boy and kissed his stomach during a walkabout in a public square near the Kremlin.
* He defended his persecution of journalists by drawing a false equivalency to the prosecution of the rioters at the [[2021 United States Capitol storming]] and the death of [[Ashli Babbitt]].
** In general, whenever West Countries fault him in Human Rights Violations, he tries to find similar events in this countries (Even the most petty.) so he could fault them in hypocrisy.
* He supported pension reform that actually made more trouble than it fixed.
* Despite Chechen President [[Ramzan Kadyrov]] being a Kremlin servant (like his father), Putin's administration has a history of [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]] discrimination, having banned a lot of Islamic material as "extremist" and ordered Muslim clerics arrested and allegedly tortured. The US State Department considers Russia to be a country without religious freedom.
*Thanks to Referendum of 2020, he can be president of Russia until 2036 and become senator-for-life until he dies.
* Putin shows some animal cruelty. His people murdered many homeless animals on the eve of Olympic Games of 2014 and FIFA of 2018. Also, murder of animals was an administrative crime in Russia before 2020 and even after that, Russian police aren't arresting crime offenders oftentimes.
* On February 21, 2022, Putin signed an order to recognize [[Luhansk People's Republic]] and [[Donetsk People's Republic]], further fueling tensions between Russia and Ukraine, even Kazakhstan condemned support for recognition. On February 24, his forces invaded Ukraine.
* He is very similar to [[Benito Mussolini]], both want to restore historical empires (Mussolini with the Roman Empire and Putin with the Russian Empire) both have very similar governments and both are imperialists.
* In 2004, he refused to recognize the [[Ainu Wars|cultural genocide of the Ainu people]] committed by Japan after receiving a letter from an Ainu community residing in Kamchatka Krai.
* Much like [[Xi Jinping]], [[Kim Jong-un]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]] and [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], he has called up CEOs of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in order to have posts, tweets, and videos removed that can potentially harm his country’s and his own reputation. Accounts on those aforementioned social media websites have also been shadow banned under his orders.


== Human right violations ==
== Human right violations ==
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