BS”D
I lived in Russia under Putin. This is reminiscent of what Putin did to media outlets which did not agree with him. The difference is that Putin fixed the Russian economy (with much help from commodities prices), introduced a flat tax, tamed the oligarchs etc etc. In fact if Putin were not supplying arms to Iran and Venezuela and manipulating the Jewish community I would still support him as I did when I lived there, having left for unrelated reasons before the arms deals and other excesses took place.
Obama is more reminiscent of Chavez, who is sinking Venezuela’s economy with his populist policy while manipulating the media.