putin the best vs putin sucks

Some examples from the web:

• Madam President, I think the best way to honour Anna Politkovskaya's work is to read her book Putin's Russia, as Mr Watson has indicated.
• The best and most effective approach of all is to try to have an influence directly on President Putin, who has a key role in everything that happens, as was said just now.
• In light of the dinner with President Putin the recent murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was much discussed.
• We agree on this, that we have to tell Mr Putin the truth about Chechnya, and that is what the Presidency should be doing.
• Did you see what happened with Putin the other day?
• The syndicate has the best lawyers... the best connections.
• Take classical composers, the best of the best.
• Afghanistan produces the best pomegranates, the best foods; it can compete in international markets.
• Breed the best with the best to get the best.
• The best student, the best leader... the best friend to everybody.
• The best civil engineers we had, the best planners, the best architects.
• Your room gets the best light.
• These are the best oatmeal raisin cookies.
• We should find the best lawyer.
• Because Britain is still the best at everything.
• He wants the best for this family.
• Mucking in with the best of them.
• The best security probe isn't necessarily stealthy.
• The best part is... 100 plus responses already.
• You and Evald must make the best of it.

Some examples from the web:

• Vladimir Putin gained power by promising to restore order.
• Mr Swoboda mentioned my meeting with President Putin.
• President Putin defended the situation in Russia.
• Putin's party wins, democracy loses.
• It sucks to be leader, sucks to be queen, it sucks sucks sucks.
• The FSB secret service, the successor to the KGB and which Mr Putin once ran, is now three times larger than when President Putin came to office.
• Sergei Topol, the only Russian journalist to have written about an alleged affair between Vladimir Putin and a former gymnast 30 years younger than him, indicating that Putin was about to secretly divorce his wife, was beaten up in Moscow on 23 March 2011.
• When sales sucks, everything sucks.
• The Russians were 'Putin'.
• Mr Gusinsky's media activities were the only ones permitted to criticise Mr Putin and his government.
• Now we have this arrest and Mr Putin says he knows nothing about it.
• Last week, Mr Putin's troops occupied the largest opposition publishing house in Russia.
• President Putin announced the departure of the Russian Government a few days ago.
• The parallels with Putin's Russia are clear.
• Putin views himself as a new czar.
• President Putin is quite clearly backing Mr Yanukovich.
• I want to commend Mr Putin.
• He developed his fortune during President Putin's tenure.
• It is controlling Russia's oil through its customer relations with Putin.
• President Putin committed himself to this and I hope that this commitment will bear fruit shortly.