Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, hailed globally by right wingers as a paragon of conservative governance, is looking to raise taxes on citizens this summer to plug holes in the Kremlin’s finances wrought by the war in Ukraine and other self-created economic shitshows, Semafor reports.
Would be foolish to expect fanboys in the US and other western countries to suddenly start questioning the Putin Regime’s awesomeness now that he’s acting like a socialist. If they acknowledge it at all it’ll be “Well look what Biden and Soros made him do with their sanctions,” etc.