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RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
2. There is an evilness in this man and the KGB is still with him I think, in intent and mind. I have
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 10:59 PM
Dec 2011

a feeling he wants Russia united and restored to the totalitarian gov. it once was with him at the helm.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
5. I fear you are correct
Sat Dec 24, 2011, 11:37 PM
Dec 2011

I expect this to be bloody because this GLOBAL revolution needs to be put down... yes, it is global and yes elites all over are reacting in predictable ways.

Muskypundit

(717 posts)
6. They are in a police state
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 12:11 AM
Dec 2011

He doesn't have to respond. Protesters will never win, never be allowed to get violent, and he will continue to rig the vote. And it will be like that until he dies or gets tired.

 

cowcommander

(734 posts)
7. No he won't, Putin isn't that dumb
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 12:17 AM
Dec 2011

OMOH usually beats the shit out of protestors but it seems that they're being told by the government to let them protest. My guess is Putin is letting them protest until the protestors run out of steam. Truth is there's no alternative to Putin in Russia right now, a lot of people are angry but just as many still support him.

roguevalley

(40,656 posts)
8. all these fucking narcissists. they're everywhere. when he paraded around without his shirt on I
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 01:30 AM
Dec 2011

knew Russia was in for hard times.

doc03

(36,510 posts)
9. Those Russians are savages, I wouldn't be suprised if they
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 01:37 AM
Dec 2011

pepper spray them and beat the hell out of them with clubs.

David__77

(23,863 posts)
12. Probably by being elected president...
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 05:10 AM
Dec 2011

Do you really think that most voters in the Russian Federation as a whole will not vote for him? For whom would they vote instead? Zyuganov? I don't see protests as particularly problematic for Putin. The only issue would be if the labor unions became involved, which would probably be up to the communists to a large degree.

 

Fool Count

(1,230 posts)
14. "Massive" is overstating it. By protesters' own inflated count there was ~100k of them
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 09:00 AM
Dec 2011

at the last demo. A more realistic figure would be 50k. That's like 0.5% of population of Moscow.
In provinces (including St. Petersburg) turnout was even less impressive with few hundred to
couple thousand participating. I don't see why would that worry Putin at all, and don't think that
it really does.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
15. He should walk into the sunset now, best way to protect his "legacy".
Sun Dec 25, 2011, 02:35 PM
Dec 2011

It's going to all be downhill from here if he tries to stay on.

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