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I'm having a very hard time parsing what you wrote and trying to understand how the tsar/soviet era (or anything you say in that comment) is relevant in any way
by laureny 13y ago
I'm having a very hard time parsing what you wrote and trying to understand how the tsar/soviet era (or anything you say in that comment) is relevant in any way to the current Snowden situation.
- venomsnake 13y agoRussia has been playing the Great Game in its sleep since Peter The Great. This country is always changing and always staying the same. So while the ideology of the high command may change you always have very strong central government which is chasing Russian interests with great zeal.
- vetinari 13y agoThey are very similar to UK in this regard.
- mscarborough 13y agoOr the United States, Canada, China, etc. What government is not chasing their own interests (not necessarily the interests of their people, but the bureaucratic body itself).