Putin Set To Consolidate Power As Russians Vote In Elections Heavily Criticized By The West

AP:

Russians voted Sunday in a parliamentary election where the only question was whether President Vladimir Putin's party would win a strong majority of seats or a crushing share.

The election follows months of increasingly acidic rhetoric aimed against the West and efforts, by law and by truncheon, to stifle opponents.

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Comments

[dgr]

08:48 PM on 12/02/2007

Now that I come to think of it, I have never read a Huffpo article that had something good to say about Russia. All the news from Russia is twisted and slanted Fox News style. I wonder why?

[VictorLudorum]

08:46 PM on 12/02/2007

From Pakistan's recent development it was clear whose leaving whose staying allover the world because russia and america have long been struggling to get Pakistan as thier Warm water host .
hence americans are now at dubai and qatar where Investcorp that owns tiffany and so much assortments whatever you cAN IMAGINE ,for letting investors ride the corporate jets from home .the russians are however at tajakistan and all the governments are of the region are bet with kabul plan 'its military ' and nobody dare the regions security or soveriegn entitlement to decision making in the feild of pipeline .Hovever i wouldnt miss this very commentary to congratulate the putins at thier 600 suite home in the coldest warmest capital in europe and from everyone in multan pakistan ..

[Skyhawk]

08:38 PM on 12/02/2007

Goodie another Cold War! Coming soon, the Iran Missle Crisis, and Bay of Chechnya.

[Janco54]

08:33 PM on 12/02/2007

Threats and Intimidation huh? Sounds like the good old USA to me.

[vippy]

08:19 PM on 12/02/2007

Wow, you mean Putin pulled a Bush? Bush outright stole two elections, not to be outdone
by anyone.

[RedRooster]

08:16 PM on 12/02/2007

Perhaps one day in Russia,
there will be a violent and historic revolution.
Do you know what I mean?
I am, of course, advocating a revolution of the people
who overthrow an oppressive regime and who earn their freedom.

...and so it goes...

[RGKahn]

08:01 PM on 12/02/2007

Bush looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul. That is one hell of a trick because he has no soul. He is a graduate of the KGB school of good government. He was a KGB thug through out his career. You don't rise to high office in the KGB because you believe in democracy and representative government.

An earlier commenter explained that is is the "Jews Fault". The jewish population in Russia prior to the revolution in 1917 were treated with persecution by the czar and his Cossack thugs. It is not possible to treat people in the manner they were treated and not expect a reaction. They revolted against the Czar and were able as one of many groups able to overthrow his regime. The communist then over threw the short lived representative government that had taken power upon the fall of the Czar. The Communist did not overthrow the Czar. Remember Stalin was training to enter the priesthood before the revolution.

Are there Jewish criminals doing bad things, of course there are. I don't think Putin is protecting the world from a takeover by Jewish criminals. The Jews are not trying to take over the world.

[maxy]

07:54 PM on 12/02/2007

Eman: I have to disagree that Russians are dumb. They happen to be very well read and brighter than many. Great chess players too.

[eman]

07:38 PM on 12/02/2007

CONGRATULATIONS STUPIDS OF RUSSIA!!

you just voluntarily elected a dictator!!


hahahaha boy you people are dumb

[Epijim]

07:35 PM on 12/02/2007

Yea, after Bush steals TWO elections, he wants to investigate RUSSIA'S election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH MY GOD!!! What balls!!!!

[maxy]

07:15 PM on 12/02/2007

Oh, shit, I'm going into hiding. This is good for Russia. I hear that their economy is doing well. So brace yourselves now. This is not going to go over well with our lying politicians and media, especially 16oo Penn. Chavez too? Run for the hills!

[loki]

06:47 PM on 12/02/2007

Bush and the Neo NaziCons use fear and scare, Putins people use muscle. Really not a big difference.

[WARisEVIL]

06:39 PM on 12/02/2007

US urges Russia to probe election violations
"Early reports from Russia include allegations of election day violations. We urge Russian authorities to investigate these claims," said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe.
Posted Dec 2, 2007 03:06 PM PST
Category: DUBYA

Pot. Kettle. Black.

[Rubiconski]

05:58 PM on 12/02/2007

The Russian people in their overwhelming numbers approve of Putin's policies, admire him for his courage, trust him with the securilty of the nation, and despise the seditious few such as the old Communists and oligarch Jews who have plundered Russia's wealth by criminal acts such the fugitive criminal Beresovsky hiding in London who stole over $9 milliion dollars from the national airline Aeroflot and is backed by the US thanks to American Jews. Putin is a Russian leader for Russians in every sense of the word and his political success has been given to him by the people thmeselves which is more than can ever be said about treacherous George Bush who fraudulently stole the 2000 election by vote manipulation in Florida. Bush is the real dictator and acts like one.


[escobar]

05:57 PM on 12/02/2007

Bush was appointed by his Daddy's political appointments after the vote got screwed up in a state run by his brother and a voting comission that had more than just a little conflict of interest. The manufacturer of vote counting machines guarenteed his election in a public speech!
The USA would do well to ask for UN observers for our next election.
The Neo-cons blatently revived Jim Crow with thier name lists, even denying innocent war veterans their right to vote, and have never let up on gerrymandering...
As a loyal American, Putin and his gang are the least of my concerns.
My impression is that there is a whole lot of intimidation going on in Russia and in the USA too.
Now, it will be a whole lot worse for both countries if Paul Wolfowitz has his way.
I wish Bush had half Putin's loyalty to his countrymen, but then he would never have been picked.