WP: Putin Lashes Out At U.S. and E.U.

[kskiska]

Ukraine Stance Angers Russian Leader

MOSCOW. Dec. 23 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States and the European Union of employing "double standards" in disputing the results of last month's Ukrainian presidential elections.

At his traditional year-end news conference, Putin emphasized Russia's good relations with the United States but questioned the U.S. and European position in support of a Ukrainian Supreme Court decision overturning the results of the recent Ukrainian vote because of what the court deemed to be widespread fraud. The winner of that election was supported by Moscow, while the loser had advocated closer ties with Europe and the United States. A new election is to be held Sunday.

"Do you think that the electoral system in the United States is without flaws?" Putin said. "Need I remind you of how their elections were held in the United States?"

Putin compared the Ukrainian case to charges of voter fraud in Afghanistan in presidential elections in October, when Hamid Karzai, the U.S.-backed candidate, was elected in that country's first free presidential ballot. But U.S. and European Union monitors said that Ukraine ballot fraud was far reaching, while Afghan irregularities were considered relatively minor.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21917-2004Dec23.html

[The Doctor.]

1. C'MON PUTIN! TALK ABOUT OHIO!!!!

Anyone know his E-mail?

[Goldeneye]

2. [e-mail]

I wish we could give him a call...clue him in.

[Dem2theMax]

3. That's one of the funniest things I've ever read on a board.

lmao.

Sad part is, if he did talk about it, maybe the MSM would actually report on it.

[d_b]

5. Hahaha

[Voltaire99]

4. LOL! Who didn't expect this?

Backed into a corner, why wouldn't Putin point out that the US Emperor has no clothes?

I can't decide whether it's funnier or sadder that we have arrived in time at a point when our gimcracked elections yield a debating point to the former head of the KGB.

OK, I can: funnier. As in: what a fucking joke we've become.