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Not quite sure about easterners. At least most Russians seem to have entrusted a certain former KGB agent :)
by rzhikharevich 4y ago
Not quite sure about easterners. At least most Russians seem to have entrusted a certain former KGB agent :)
- medo-bear 4y agoi dont think voting for someone into leadership is equivalent to thinking they are nice, good, trustworthy, etc. it could be as simple as no better alternative
- onedognight 4y agoThere is no ‘voting’ when the government controls the media and any opposition gaining momentum is inevitably jailed, poisoned or falls out a window.
- medo-bear 4y agoor when there was you just bomb the parliament [0] except that time the west fully supported this brutality. selective democracy? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Russian_constitutional_cr...
- avgcorrection 4y agoGP said that it’s a dictatorship. Now you imply that they chose Putin. Which is it?
- CoastalCoder 4y agoNot sure the GP had this mind, but if Putin won a free election before becoming an autocrat, that would satisfy both constraints.
- medo-bear 4y agoI think the difference is this Russian Government: We will bomb X because they pose a threat to Russia's interests American Government: We will bomb X because they need freedom
- avgcorrection 4y agoAt what point does the democractic mandate run out? He’s been in power for a awhile.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoHe had already been appointed to a position where he had the power to rig his first election.