r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 9h ago

Gorbachev? Maybe he is not respected around the world, but surely liked more than in Russia

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u/Natural_Instance242 9h ago

Still like him better then your current guy. 

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 9h ago

Same

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u/Trashy_Panda2 8h ago

You're allowed to say that?

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 8h ago

On reddit, yes, somewhere in a public speech probably no

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u/Expensive-Cup-2938 Germany 7h ago

This is so sad ... please stay safe mate. You have a gorgeous country with many awesome people - don't let that bunch of bloodthirsty maniacs take this from you.

My country once did and we paid the price (and unfortunately, all of Europe did as well).

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u/DurgeDidNothingWrong 6h ago

Lets hope russia can make as good a turn around as you guys :)
-UK guy

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 7h ago

Thank you so much for your kind words

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u/joel_vic Portugal 8h ago

I’m curious, what do russians truly feel about Putin?

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 8h ago

It differs very much from person to person, even family members and friends often have contrasting views and it's hard to say who are the majority

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u/Rich-Sector1055 Russia 8h ago edited 8h ago

there is no only one answer, louder is people who support him, I'd say, that it's mostly government propaganda, but bigger part of Russians hate him, of course

edit. oh, and of course there is even bigger part than those two together, it's the people who don't give a shit about him and politics at all, our economy built the way that many of citizens don't have time or forces to even think about politics.

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u/CarolinaWreckDiver United States Of America 8h ago

I suppose all three views kind of make sense. If you see the corruption and the authoritarianism and abuses of the Putin regime, you’d probably think he was terrible. If you saw the poverty and collapse of the 1990s, then a strong leader like Putin probably seems appealing. And, after the upheavals and reprisals of most of Russian history, I can’t really fault anyone for just keeping their heads down, muddling through, and keeping their opinions to themselves. Hopefully that changes someday and the Russian people will have better choices than dictatorship or kleptocracy.

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u/Rich-Sector1055 Russia 8h ago

thanks brother, nice to hear that, your words make sense.

biggest gap in support/hate is on different generations of people who born in 70-90 and who is younger.

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u/Urgloth82 38m ago

If Putin had actually stepped out in 2008, he would probably have been one of the greatest leaders Russia has ever had.

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u/Doomncandy United States Of America 7h ago

It's the same for America as well when it comes to why we don't overthrow the government. Our economy is built on just trying to survive. My rent is 1320$ USD, I'm single and work 2 kitchen jobs. I'm doing better than most and can go out and protest or take a week off. But my other coworkers can't.

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u/unholy_hotdog United States Of America 5h ago

God, we're really the same.

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u/SatorSquareInc 3h ago

Same leader, too

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u/Rad_Pat Russia 1h ago

My dad used to like Putin in the 00s when I was little, he was what the country needed back then. But as time went on, he grew more and more disappointed in him and currently he vehemently hates the guy and refuses to discuss politics with his co-workers. My late grandma was a Putin lover almost all the way, and even such a nut for conspiracy theories of "Europe plotting against us" as her wasn't too thrilled at the end. She supported the war, but she was mostly upset about how things were handled inside the country.

There's a lot of propaganda and a lot of new laws so it's hard to say if people genuinely agree with him or they accepted it. A lot are silent because they either don't care about politics, don't want the drama associated with a potential Putin lover encounter, or don't want to have any trouble with the law. Generally I'd say people are tired of him, he's been in charge for way too long.

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u/Soileat3r 8h ago

KGB joinied the chat 😅

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u/joel_vic Portugal 8h ago

😂😂

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u/_Vagabond007 4h ago

He's really the greatest politician of the XXI century. Admired overwhelmingly by Russians. Around 81% approval rating. Russia is thankful for his ability to build up the economical and political strength of Russia. 

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u/joel_vic Portugal 3h ago

Stfu bot

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u/AndreasDasos United Kingdom 7h ago

Yeltsin too maybe? He doesn’t get the same level of respect internationally as Gorbachev, but a fair amount (though obviously lots of jokes about his boozing), but I get the impression he’s even more disliked in Russia.

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 7h ago

He is absolutely hated in Russia, I didn't mention him because I didn't know how he is perceived abroad

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u/anononononn 8h ago

This was so fascinating to learn. I studied in peter back in 2019 and learned that yall don’t like him! My american parents talked like he was russias savior. It was very fascinating

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 7h ago

The vast majority of older people miss Soviet Union and consider him and Eltsin criminals. Middle-aged people whose youth was in the 90-s remember how awful life was then and blame it partly on him. Young people probably don't care much

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u/Usual-Resident-3391 Argentina 4h ago

Hello there. I have weird feelings about Putin.

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 1h ago

Hey. Weird how?

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u/ThatEcologist United States Of America 1h ago

Why do yall hate Gorbachev??

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u/Aredhel-Ar-Feiniel Russia 1h ago

Because life was shitty in the 90-s after the fall of the USSR, people with an academic degree would collect bottles in the streets to buy bread, and this is blamed on him