Today, from many citizens of our country who consider themselves to be true patriots of their homeland, one can hear detailed and proud discussions about the great future of the Russian state. And always one of the main conditions for thematic conclusions is the subjective factor of the personality of the President of the Russian Federation. It is with the name of V.V. Putin, Russians attribute their success in the economic, political and social fields of development.
The folk epos in our country has always been laconic and especially brutal. And now, in matters concerning the inviolability of the Russia-Putin connection and, accordingly, the interchangeability of these concepts, one can hear the new name of the Fatherland - Putinka. Moreover, negatively-minded "democrats" derogatoryly use the name "Putinism", which, according to their version, means precisely the new format of state suppression of all kinds of freedoms in our country. In this regard, it is appropriate to ask the question: "Who needs each other more: Russia or Putin?"
Russia needs Putin
Even assuming that there is some alternative hypothetical leader in our country that can bring the state system to the comprehensive format necessary for Russia's prosperity, one must objectively give credit to a specific person who was able to maintain state integrity, find a mechanism for effective interaction between government and business, and develop defense power and identify a promising development path for the coming decades. But it’s not difficult to guess that the whole complex of the indicated global events took place and continues to take place in the conditions of constant opposition of the opposition forces.
The weak side of Putin’s presidency is mainly called the social block of issues. Of course, those thematic obligations that were voiced in the second term of V.V. Putin, to put it mildly, not completely. However, force majeure should be taken into account in the form of both the global financial crisis, and the anti-Russian agony associated with the annexation of Crimea, and the thorny path to the title of "energy superpower."
If you imagine the transfer of power in Russia in 2024 to another leader from an alternative political group, it follows that all the efforts of the country during the 21st century will not be considered effective due to the forced reorientation of interests. Such phenomena are very well traced on the example of America, where the change of leadership of the country, as a rule, brings with it new political, economic and social reforms, which primarily involve significant new financial costs. In this aspect, it is the prudence of limited resources that is important. Even if the United States is in a fever of these processes, the economic situation in Russia does not at all imply such an approach.
In short, our country needs the current President. And these are not praises towards a political leader, but a simple human calculation, which takes into account the interests of the majority. Today you can already hear the opinion that by the time of the next re-election of the President of Russia, a certain political trick will be devised that will help circumvent the Constitution in terms of elections for the country's top post. In this context, we are talking about the unification of Russia and Belarus. In this case, the new state formation will be subject to the new legal standards, which, of course, will “nullify” the list of Putin’s previous posts.
Putin needs Russia
Of course, every citizen of the country needs his homeland. Even against the background of the ongoing cosmopolitan processes in the world, each person involuntarily associates himself with the place of birth and residence. What can we say about a person for whom the country is also the meaning of all life ?! It is hard to imagine one of the most influential and popular people in the world (and for the past two years he was No. 1) without his Russia.
Naturally, Putin can even afford to change his identity and “disappear from the radar” of the world community in order to, so to speak, pass the rest of his life. But this should not happen, if only because of his extraordinary ambitions and complete immersion in his political destiny. It is difficult to imagine such a "giant" (the most famous, influential, rich and patriotic leader of all known to mankind in the entire history of its existence), who grows vegetables in a summer house near Moscow or, for example, in an exotic foreign land.
