Putin, who silences the voice of the people with police force? Putin, who has done more to bring the shadow of communism back to the country it nearly destroyed?

Putin is exhibiting a starteling trend with his increasingly common returns to communist policy. Russia is in turmoil, due at least in part to his poor leadership. Evidence:

Life Expectency in Russia
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.87 years
male: 59.12 years
female: 73.03 years (2007 est.)
source: CIA World Factbook online

As a point of comparison, the average life expectency in the UK and US hovers just above 78 percent and Canada with an incredible high of 80, and you get an idea of how bad the situation is. To provide another example, the Chinese life expectency is 72.

Conclusion: Puten has a negetive influence on Russia and will only drag his country down.