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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041220/ap_on_re_eu/russia_democracy_survey

http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2004/table2004.pdf

Not only that, I heard they are moving towards having a Dictatorship.

What can you expect from those (ex)commie bastards.

More like an ex-KGB newt. Putin scares me.

Not only that, I heard they are moving towards having a Dictatorship.

What can you expect from those (ex)commie bastards.

They're not really ex-commies. President Putrid was a KGB colonel, and Boris Yeltsin was a member of the Communist Party. Communism is still alive, well, and thriving in Russia. Read all about it in New Lies For Old and The Perestroika Deception by Soviet defector Anatoliy Golitsyn.

More like an ex-KGB newt. Putin scares me.
Putin is cool. Today he announced that Russia would repay a big part of it debt to Germany next year.

Considering Putin ran Russia for six months while Boris Yeltzin was dead, all the while claiming he was alive... It doesnt surprise, Putin has been setting himself up nicely for a long time.

The way this is being done is not communist, thats the problem with communism, people wave its banner to pacify the victims who are being enslaved by a dictator with no real communist intentions beyond running everything.

which leaves mongolia as the place to be in mainland asia. freely electing communists since 1990 (of course, they've moved over to being social democrats of some sort, but they are still the communists)

and no one can challenge it. putin has that idiot bush in his pocket

I have a feeling that this dictatorship forming in Russia will soon be reversed. The Russian's freedom of the press, and much freeer markets have exposed the Russians to new ideas. It's already happening, actually, as pro-democracy efforts are forming at the grass roots.

and no one can challenge it. putin has that idiot bush in his pocket

Bush is schitzophrenic. He said he "looked into his [Putrid's] soul." How can he look into something that isn't there? Putrid has no soul.

Considering Putin ran Russia for six months while Boris Yeltzin was dead, all the while claiming he was alive... It doesnt surprise, Putin has been setting himself up nicely for a long time.

The way this is being done is not communist, thats the problem with communism, people wave its banner to pacify the victims who are being enslaved by a dictator with no real communist intentions beyond running everything.

Dude Yeltsin isn't dead.

we are glad ot hear that the motherland is returning to its communist ways. soon we will rule with a iron fist once again! the world will remember russia!

With all of the leftover weapons from the cold war, this isn't inspiring news.
Russia still makes me very nervous because of this fact.

Dude Yeltsin isn't dead.
Thats right. He's sitting at the beach with Kennedy, Elvis and Tupac drinking Vodka.

And dont forget the the queen mum!

Well he did pickle himself when he was alive, so maybe his "appearances" were actually him and not an actor?

Thats right. He's sitting at the beach with Kennedy, Elvis and Tupac drinking Vodka.

Lol :D

And dont forget the the queen mum!
Oh yeah. She's giving them erotic massages and she strips on special occasions for importand guests.

I, for one, welcome a resurgent Russia run by an iron man with an iron fist. One can only hope that Putin also reinvigorates Russia's drive to empire.

I, for one, welcome a resurgent Russia run by an iron man with an iron fist. One can only hope that Putin also reinvigorates Russia's drive to empire.
They should reinstate the Romanovs.

They should reinstate the Romanovs.

I think the Romanovs were a weak second to Stalin. Russia needs someone like him.

Thats right. He's sitting at the beach with Kennedy, Elvis and Tupac drinking Vodka.

Why does everybody think yeltsin is dead?

I think the Romanovs were a weak second to Stalin. Russia needs someone like him.
You have no sense of romance.

Dude Yeltsin isn't dead.

seriously. i saw him on tv just a couple months ago after that school hostage thing.

and no one can challenge it. putin has that idiot bush in his pocket

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Putin_Bush.jpg

seriously. i saw him on tv just a couple months ago after that school hostage thing.
Only his liver is dead, the rest of his bloated body still lumbers on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Putin_Bush.jpg
I would say after looking at the pic that it's Bush that ownes Putin. You see that look that Vlad is giving him? He's in love.

I would say after looking at the pic that it's Bush that ownes Putin. You see that look that Vlad is giving him? He's in love.

No Bush looked into Putin's eyes and fell in love with him.

I read that "Putin has a good soul" tripe in the Washington Post. WTF? When did we elect Shirley Maclaine?

I'd like to see what happens with Yuschenko before going too far along the "Putin is evil" line. It'll be curious if P. takes any steps to quash that.

No Bush looked into Putin's eyes and fell in love with him.
Anyone care to magine what Bush and Vladi are doing behind closed doors in the Lincoln bedroom?

I would say after looking at the pic that it's Bush that ownes Putin. You see that look that Vlad is giving him? He's in love.

Ahhh...how sweet! :p

*Runs to the bathroom*

Ahhh...how sweet! :p

*Runs to the bathroom*

Are you running to the bathroom because you are disgusted or because you are incredibly aroused?

Are you running to the bathroom because you are disgusted or because you are incredibly aroused?

Disgusted, of course! :eek:

Dunno about Communism. An ultra-right wing nationalist/fascist Russia scares me more. All that crime, all those unpaid soldiers and scientists, all that crumbling infrastructure, all those security problems and terrorist fears. Sounds like a country ready to succumb to the "charms" of a new Hitler. A Hitler with nuclear weapons, a big grudge, and maybe nothing to lose by going on a "foreign adventure".

But let's hope not, eh? .....

A Hitler with nuclear weapons, a big grudge, and maybe nothing to lose by going on a "foreign adventure".

But let's hope not, eh? .....
Let's hope. We already have one of those and thats more then enough.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Putin_Bush.jpg

But it's love, so beautiful... *cough* *splutter*

Russia's first meeting with democracy and free marked economy resulted in a few highly opportunistic people taking full advantage of the change and swinging themselves up while leaving the ordinary folk to pay the bill. Whatever you can say about Putin, he's gone a long way to strip these oligarchs of their power (and hoarding said power for himself.) This, coupled with the fact that Russia just about always has had a strongman in charge, is the reason why many Russians would like to see a return to a system much like in the old days.

...At least that's what I've been told by a friend of mine from Russia.

Why does everybody think yeltsin is dead?

Maybe because he died on December 31st, 1999.

Maybe because he died on December 31st, 1999.

Then Russia must have a serious Zombie problem (as if they didn't have enough to worry about).

Time for revolution 2.0!

Then Russia must have a serious Zombie problem (as if they didn't have enough to worry about).

its ok, zombie yeltsin prefers vodka to brains.

Maybe because he died on December 31st, 1999.

no, you are thinking of the y2k bug

its ok, zombie yeltsin prefers vodka to brains.

But he sucks it out of his victims livers.

But he sucks it out of his victims livers.

true. but that's survivable. you are only in real danger if you ever say "man, that booze went straight to my head" around him.

true. but that's survivable. you are only in real danger if you ever say "man, that booze went straight to my head" around him.

mmm... Brain vodka. He would probably drink it through a straw like this guy:

http://www.sickopath.com/bsfpic2.jpg

Russia's first meeting with democracy and free marked economy resulted in a few highly opportunistic people taking full advantage of the change and swinging themselves up while leaving the ordinary folk to pay the bill. Whatever you can say about Putin, he's gone a long way to strip these oligarchs of their power (and hoarding said power for himself.) This, coupled with the fact that Russia just about always has had a strongman in charge, is the reason why many Russians would like to see a return to a system much like in the old days.

...At least that's what I've been told by a friend of mine from Russia.

As a person born in Russia, who's 3/4 Russian, and who moved to the US in 1991, I think I can address this.

It goes beyond Russians wanting a strong leader. Besides, who wants a weak leader? No person on Earth wants their leader to be an idiot. (no bush comments...be mature) Beyond wanting a strong leader, Russia needs a strong leader. Putin seems to be this man. Russia is so close to being strong once more, and Putin seems to a lot of Russians to be the man to take them over the edge. Russians don't bitch about their "personal freedoms" as much as Americans do. We/They want pride in their country. I had little pride for where I came from when I moved west. Now, perhaps in a few years, I once again can be proud of my native country. Perhaps they, under Putin, can once again be a world power...or at least as strong as the UK and similar "under-America power-wise" nations.