India, Aug. 9 -- It is time for a dignified retirement and for Putin to vacate the Kremlin and make way for a younger, more able leader the way Boris Yeltsin did in 1999.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been Head of Government in India for less than half the time President Vladimir Vladimirov Putin has led the Russian Federation. Putin has been in charge of the Russian Federation throughout the years of the 21st century. Russia is a vast country with a land area spanning half of Europe and half of Asia. The people of Russia are known for their patriotism and devotion to hard work. They have stoically endured several periods of bleak times, as for example during the Great Patriotic War with Nazi Germany during 1941-45. Years before the w...