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Daragh McDowell in defence of Putin's achievements

Daragh McDowell specialises in post-Soviet politics at Oxford University. He argues that "Vladimir Putin is no dewy-eyed liberal, but neither is he the crypto-soviet ogre many of his critics in the West portray him as. ... It is time to put to bed the rose-tinted vision of the Yeltsin years that has taken root in popular opinion. ... While none of this is to say that Putin is all smiles and sunshine, he is an immeasurable improvement upon his predecessor, which is why ordinary Russians are deeply suspicious of western pronouncements on the themes of 'democracy' and 'human' rights. In Russia these terms have been intimately linked with the Yeltsin era and thus thoroughly discredited. ... Putin has brought stability to their lives and raised their standard of living, as well as restoring their sense of national pride. By beating the democracy drum we get the worst of all worlds - irritating the Kremlin without any hope of exercising influence on Russian public opinion."

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