Putin is a mass murderer. Clandestine secretive killings of others over the years prove this. Current activities in the Ukraine prove this. Why would anyone think that I would want to discuss this or argue it? The man is the strongest man in the world. He is also a bully and a psychopath.

How about classifying him as the leader of Russia? Americans in particular can't complain about foreign leaders considering the carnage the US has waged around the world for the better part of a century.

Sorry, but only someone who is not familiar with the past INTERNATIONAL events would say such a thing. IF and when you stopped believing in Christianity, obviously, you had an open mind to the real facts. I would urge you to review the following irrefutable evidence prior to putting much stock in what the US main stream media tells you.

From Der Spiegel, November 26, 2009 :
NATO's Eastward Expansion: Did the West Break Its Promise to Moscow?
What the US secretary of state said on Feb. 9, 1990 in the magnificent St. Catherine's Hall at the Kremlin is beyond dispute. There would be, in Baker's words, "no extension of NATO's jurisdiction for forces of NATO one inch to the east," provided the Soviets agreed to the NATO membership of a unified Germany. Moscow would think about it, Gorbachev said, but added: "any extension of the zone of NATO is unacceptable."
[spiegel.de]

Obama admitted his role in the US-supported coup in Ukraine. (First video link below).
Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State, admits in the second video that the USA supported the Ukrainian coup with 5 billion dollars. Note the Chevron symbol in the background of the video. John McCain (Senator Lovewar himself) and Victoria Nuland were in Ukraine in December 2013 amid the mass anti-government protests. (The third video is of John McCain in Ukraine addressing protesters.) During the visit, McCain met with Ukrainian opposition leaders in the country’s capital of Kiev, voicing his support for the protests, adding that he saw Ukraine’s future with Europe.
Obama admits the US-sponsored coup:

Victoria Nuland . . . 5 Billion recently, with Chevron symbol behind her John McCain in Ukraine addressing protesters John McCain and Lindsey Graham in Ukraine, encouraging Ukrainian soldiers to take Donesk, contrary to the Minsk Agreements Biden's youngest son, Hunter Biden was hired to the board of Burisma Holdings, Ukraine’s largest private gas producer. The proxy Ukraine war is all about profit. The Eastern part of Ukraine is the major oil and gas producing region of Ukraine accounting for approximately 90 per cent of Ukrainian production and according to EIA (The American Energy Information Administration) may have 42 tcf (trillion cubic feet) of shale gas resources technically recoverable from 197 tcf of risked shale gas in place. Three major corporations bought millions of acres of land in Ukraine immediately after the coup . . . . no planning there at all, right? [oaklandinstitute.org]

All of those terms fit. The media tap-dances around such terms in the name of diplomacy. Doing so is a disservice to honesty.

@kmaz

Why do you ask? All of the above describes Putin.

Yes, though I will stick with calling him Vlad.