The Russian output is slanted to its own benefit and it’s common for leaders to extoll the advances of the State as the Soviet Union before it did the same elsewhere. There’s a conscious awareness that it must speak well for itself, or few will refuse the opportunity to talk it down or see it out of the room.
Putin is a reveller in such politics. He often looks to the positives in the future and he isn’t guilty of bringing up the negatives, like a stagnating economy, for example. This is part of his Presidential approach, but it also leads off what’s expected of him by Moscow’s leadership. He’s an ardent backer of his homeland.
The problem is that his words are more pointed toward potentials. His country doesn’t show outwardly the real state of affairs. It’s embarrassed by grim realities in some parts, shocked by breakdowns in others, and disturbed by the fallout of disagreements in still more.
