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2011-12-26 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Putin Team Defiant after Protest Rocks Russia

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Posted by Fred 2011-12-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 If the protesters are smart enough to keep it decentralized, so that it is hard to break up their movement by harassing or arresting "leaders", they may effectively send the message that Putin has had his time, and that he should give somebody else a chance, instead of acting like a Tsar.

It is a real acid test to see if they have learned that democracy is not about a person, but about a system.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-12-26 08:52|| 2011-12-26 08:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Can Russia survive as a democracy?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-26 12:54|| 2011-12-26 12:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Russia is a democracy?

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-26 13:59|| 2011-12-26 13:59|| Front Page Top

#4 No, because they want to survive.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-12-26 14:24|| 2011-12-26 14:24|| Front Page Top

#5 That does explain much about Russians.

Posted by Pappy 2011-12-26 17:58|| 2011-12-26 17:58|| Front Page Top

#6 "If the protesters are smart enough to keep it decentralized,"

This is how things are being handled.

Posted by newc 2011-12-26 18:12|| 2011-12-26 18:12|| Front Page Top

#7 I could be wrong, but after watching the protests on the MSM per local Guam TV, CNN + FOX + CNBC, my impression is that these protests are more about the composition + organiz = "pecking order" of the post-elex various Pol Parties within Russia's Parliament, NOT ABOUT POOTY PER SE.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-12-26 23:06|| 2011-12-26 23:06|| Front Page Top

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