A Quick Rebuttal

I wish to respond to this.

1. Do you really consider Putin’s presidency—which so greatly improved incomes, security, and national self-confidence—disastrous?
2. George W. Bush did not cause the rise in commodities prices, nor did Barack Obama’s election lead to their collapse.
3. If anything, the economic crisis is improving the prospects of an opposition party in Russia, not deeper entrenching the ruling party.