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Putin’s Party Takes a Hit at the PollsPosted on Dec 5, 2011
Could martial arts enthusiast, tiger wrangler and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin be losing his steely grip on power in his homeland? Could be, judging by the results of Sunday’s parliamentary election in Russia, which resulted in a shaky showing for Putin’s United Russia party and sparked protests and accusations of voting fraud. Other than that, it was a great day for Putin and his party people. —KA
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By Oceanna, December 6, 2011 at 2:36 pm Link to this comment
“Happy Cold War.”
Guess so. It’s a logical or natural consequence.
Report thisBy moonraven, December 6, 2011 at 12:52 pm Link to this comment
Did I miss it in the article, or did the article, in its beat-the-pan for the fascist right globally, “forget” to mention that the reduction ini seats of Putin’s party are due to the Communist Party receiving a hair under 20% of the vote?
Oh my, now that doesn’t sit well with the west, now, does it?
Happy Cold War II.
Report thisBy Oceanna, December 6, 2011 at 7:40 am Link to this comment
I think that the US/UN/NATO alliances and resource grabbing may very likely
rejuvenate the Communist Party in Russia. Surely the continuing global
encroachments and invasions have Russians rethinking about the viability of
Communism, particularly in terms of unification and defense.
The mindlessness and lack of restraint of the US foreign policy should not be
Report thisunderestimated, any more than its increasingly undeniable tendency to turn on its
own citizens.
By Robespierre115, December 5, 2011 at 5:37 pm Link to this comment
Russsia finds itself with few options. Putin and the oligarchs rule as in the days of the Czar, meanwhile the Communist Party is far from Lenin/Trotsky circa 1917 and has even made strange alliances with right-wing nationalist movements in some areas.
May the Russian people one day again fulfill Bakunin’s prophecy:
“The star of revolution will rise high above the streets of Moscow, from a sea of blood and fire, and turn into a lodestar to lead a liberated humanity”
Report this-Mikhail Bakunin