Putin is self-centred, says Dalai Lama, Tibets exiled spiritual - TopicsExpress



          

Putin is self-centred, says Dalai Lama, Tibets exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised Russias President Vladimir Putin as self-centred in a German newspaper interview Sunday, saying Putin seems to want to rebuild the Berlin Wall. His attitude is: I, I, I, the Dalai Lama said, pointing out that Putin had served as Russian president, then PM & then president again. Thats a bit too much, he told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper. This is very self-centred. Buddhist leader also had more criticism for Russia, now in the worst standoff with the West since the Cold War, than for China, which has ruled Tibet since its 1950 invasion. China and Russia, these are two very different cases, said the Dalai Lama, voicing hope that the modern world supports China becoming a democratic country. China wants to be part of the global political system and will be ready to accept the international rules in the long run, he said in the interview conducted in English. I dont have the impression that this accounts for Russia and President Putin, as well, at the moment. We had become accustomed (to the fact) that the Berlin Wall has fallen, alluding to the shattering of the Communist bloc begun 25 years ago. Now President Putin seems to want to rebuild it. But he is hurting his own country by doing this. Isolation is suicide for Russia.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:00:07 +0000

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