![]() ![]() The reasons for hating my Putin are clear. ![]() It was impossible to love mine, and the taxi driver was creating a Putin in his own image. Only one thing was clear to me: we were not talking about the same Putin. It was like this for years: everywhere in the world, as soon as a taxi driver would realize I was Russian, their reaction was the same: a big smile, a thumbs up and a thunderous "Putin!" Taxi drivers's love of Putin has always puzzled me. Subscribers only Mikhail Shishkin in Zürich (Switzerland), in 2010. Published on July 21, 2022, at 11:10 pm (Paris), updated on July 22, 2022, at 7:17 am Time to 5 min. But even if 'the man disappears, his worshippers will remain,' he warns. He is no longer the vicious macho man on horseback, but a bloated gnome lurking behind an oversized table,' writes Russian novelist Mikhail Shishkin. 'Putin has disappointed his admirers around the world. Mikhail Shishkin: 'Putin will disappear, but his aspirations will not vanish with him' Op-Ed ![]()
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