Paul Goble: Putin’s corrupt moral convictions imposed on entire Russian society
Russia's President Vladimir Putin looks on during an ice hockey match as part of the Night Hockey league tournament in Sochi on May 15, 2015.
Vladimir Putin has fundamentally transformed Russian society by imposing his own personal convictions on the country and convincing large numbers of Russians that everyone steals and is corrupt, freedom and democracy are covers for the organization of revolutions, and "objective truth does not exist in principle," according to Kseniya Kirillova.