Putin re election: ``We are not ecstatic about what's going on in US"

[bin.dare]

Putin: Is U.S Trying to Isolate Russia?

Thursday December 23, 2004 4:16 PM

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that Russia and the United States remain partners and had warm words for President Bush, but he said that he would like to know whether the United States was intentionally seeking to isolate Russia.

In a wide-ranging end-of-the-year news conference, Putin said the plan for elections in Iraq, which he said could not be fair amid a continuing U.S.-led occupation. He also assailed the United States for saying that Chechnya wasn't ready for elections even though it was sponsoring elections in Iraq.

``I have strong doubts that it's possible to create conditions for democratic elections (in Iraq) when its entire territory is occupied by foreign troops,'' he said.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4690478,00.html

[msongs]

1. Putin and Bush are two peas in the same pod because

they both get elected in rigged elections
they both have a war to distract the public and generate fear
they both use underhanded business methods
they both promoting extremeist agendas

Msongs

And here is another reason:

[htuttle]

2. Yeah, but....

...Putin is a LOT better at it.

[Canuckistanian]

3. You forgot one thing...

Near total control of the media

[Moderator]

4. locking

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