text: I don't mind the Globe running this piece. Both Putin and his "nation" are among the slimiest people in the world today. Thugs. Like "bikers" who have control of everything in their country - and elsewhere too. Corruption spread far from the Communist Party when it disintegrated way back when. Now it spreads from the top-to-the bottom of their society. From rich to poor. Lots of Russians have left the country and I'm sure millions more would like to do so themselves.