Evidence please. (Regarding the Italian President of FIFA saying Russia had produced best ever FIFA World Cup)
See the FIFA present give his press conference:
https://www.reuters.com/video/2018/07/13/infantino-thanks-russia-and-putin-for-be?videoId=444852536
Or read it here:
FIFA president Gianni Infantino says Russia 2018 has been best World Cup
Infantino said:
"The World Cup has changed the perception of the world towards Russia. I think everyone who has been here for some time ... has discovered a welcoming country." Infantino said he was also grateful to the volunteers, who were "the heart and the smile" of the World Cup.
A longer article about the 2018 World Cup and how Russia surprised everybody by an American Russian emigre who moved to the USA in his youth:
ClubOrlov: An Immersive Experience
Popular English father-son duo of YouTubers (Thogden) about soccer/football who went to the World Cup against the advice of the British media. They were in trepidation to begin with because the British media had turned thousands of fans off going by the numerous articles about dodgy stadiums, poor transport, dangerous streets, lack of cleanliness, unfriendly locals and Russian football hooligans.
Their vlog of the tournament became increasingly pro-Russia as they realised not only was everything the media said, which had kept so many of their friends and compatriots home, was wrong - it was starkly wrong - Russians turned out to be super-friendly, there was nil violence, plenty of good camaraderie from the local football fans, the stadiums were superb, the transport better than in England and the streets clean. See them talk about it:
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Evidence please. (Regarding the resurgence of Christianity in Russia since the end of Communism)
100s of stories about it on this website:
Russian Faith
A short documentary about the destruction of the magnificent main cathedral in Moscow under the Communists and it being rebuilt in the year 2000:
A short story about Russian church growth:
Astonishing Church growth in Russia sees record number training for priesthood
Number of church's growing by about a 1,000 per year now, similar number of new priests entering seminaries:
Number of churches in Russia could double, hit pre-revolutionary number within 30 years
This gives history of Orthodox Church numbers in Russia - in 1917 at time of Communist Revolution there were 55,000 parishes, under Stalin all had been destroyed except a few hundred. 300,000 priests, nuns and lay people martyred for their faith. In 2017 back up to 36,000 parishes and in Moscow alone 62 new parishes established since 2011, accelerating as 24 of those in 2017 alone:
Putin and the 'triumph of Christianity' in Russia
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Evidence please. (On the resurrection of the Russian economy, infrastructure and education under Putin's tenure on power)
Hat tip to SoldieroftheKing for the infographic of the achievements of the Putin administration's first 15 years. The last 3 years Russia has been subjected to sanctions that would have crippled many nations who fall foul of the Western corporate empire's wrath, but it has thrived by being forced to resurrect national industries that had given away to globalism: farming in particular, and Russia has now become the world's number 1 wheat exporter.
Since 2014, the sanctions, the mayhem following the coup in Ukraine, the drain of fighting a war against jihadists in Syria all cost, but seems the Russian economy is holding up:
Not ‘in Tatters’: Why the West Has Failed to Destroy Russia’s Economy
Despite the pressures on the economy, there is a cultural renaissance in the arts and architecture and the government is favouring education, maternity leave and childcare supports as it seeks to build for the future:
Moscow's Post Industrial Renaissance: turning factories into creative hubs
Putin signs law on support of families with children
The benefits of being a Russian mother
The 10 most breathtaking universities in Russia
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It seems incredulous because for all I know you made it up.
I presumed too much knowledge beyond the corporate mainstream western media, sorry.
Dmitry Orlov grew up in Russia but his family migrated to the USA during the disastrous 1990s when Russia was imploding under the drunken corrupt rule of Yeltsin (who was a corrupt oligarch in his own right). This article of his about his homeland is really worth your while to read if you do want to be informed on this topic:
The West Gets Russia Wrong Because the Media Are Peddling a Pack of Lies
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I have no inclination to do your work for you.
That which is claimed without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Good quote and fair enough, hence I've done some work providing evidence for you to consider in this post
