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MOSCOW – Several thousand people protested Monday night against Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his party, which won the largest share of a parliamentary election that observers said, was rigged.
Even compared to the 2007 elections, violations by the authorities and the government bodies that actually control the work of all election organizations at all levels, from local to central, were so obvious and so brazen,” said Yevgeny Dorovin, a member of the party’s central committee.
Talk about a chess match. I hear that the Russians wear bullet proof vests when they play the game it gets so rough.
You take the Commie out of Russia but you can’t take Russian out of the Commie!
It is astounding that these dictators around the world, although they won’t admit to being one; are some of the most narcissistic, egotistical autocrats ever born. It really doesn’t matter to them what condition their countries are in, all they are concerned with are their own selfish motives.
In a recent interview Mr Putin appeared particularly irritated by another leaked cable quoted by the New York Times, which cast a wry look over Russia’s ruling “tandem” of Mr Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. The president is constitutionally much more powerful than his prime minister, but in reality, Mr Putin has the most authority, and many expect him to return to the Kremlin at the next election in 2012. One diplomatic cable referred to Mr Putin as “Batman” to Mr Medvedev’s “Robin”; another called the hardman prime minister an “alpha dog”, while the president was described as “pale and indecisive”.
Putin May Shift Blame for Vote Setback to ‘Fall-Guy’ Medvedev
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Medvedev may become the “fall guy” for United Russia’s election setback, allowing Putin to appoint former finance minister Alexei Kudrin as prime minister in his place, Tim Ash, head of emerging-markets research at RBS in London, said in an e-mailed research note today.
Russian Premier Vladimir Putin may be able to insulate himself from his first election setback by shifting the blame to President Dmitry Medvedev, said political scientists and economists from Moscow to London.
Putin is likely to hold his end of the deal and appoint Medvedev as his prime minister once he finalizes his return to the Kremlin,” she said. “But Medvedev’s term in the prime minister’s office is unlikely to be long,”
We thought that politics in the USA were corrupt and shady. The Russia make the American politicians look like pre-school kids.
All of the “Siberian Huskies” better understand; when the all the snow clears there is only going to be one winner in the contest and that is the Judo expert. He is going to throw all of them for a loop.
Good break fall dude!