Added: Friday, 9 March, 2007, 18:28 GMT 18:28 UK

"One best leader in the 21 st century to come. He took russia from dust to world only alternative power to save the world...russian and whole world will rally behind him...as the greatest leader to face unjust in the world created by christian and jewish and muslim fundemantals and uniplorasim.
He is the one can save world from religous fanatics...we know nobody perfect whatever that mean.

Turk, Samsun"

Taken from this BBC discussion thread about Putin's effect on Russia.