Vladimir Putin symbolizes that brave kid in the school who grabbed the big bully's hand and asked "why are you hitting little kids...I wion't let you do this"
All those afraid kids smile and feel hope that there is some one brave enough who can stop the bully from harassing them.
Vladimir is admired by most of the people in the world(In China, India, Brazil,Indonesia,Malaysia,Venezuala,Brazil Iran etc)
The big bully gets very frustrated and upset..."how dare you? I have ruled the world..I am going to choke you with sanctions, kick you out of my country club (G-8) You are empowering other children and soon they will resist and challange my power. I will isolate you."
Vladimir smiles and says " you can't...your economy is crumbling..I have billions of Indians,Chinese,Iranians, Latins and others who are my friends..how can you isolate me?."
The big bully gets even more frustrated and says" i will call you..Hitler...I have megaphones like CNN ,BBC and they are going to badmouth you 24/7 as breaking news..blah..blah.. blah. I will demonize you.
Vladimir says" Smart people don't trust CNN/BBC now..they want to know truth so they go online and read global news sites. Big bully yells..."whatever"...and goes and starts smoking "weed" as it is legal everywhere now.