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20. Were the Russian people (and those of the rest of the USSR) able to remove Stalin?

Reply to Crowman1979 (Reply #7)

Sun May 11, 2014, 06:24 PM

May 2014

It is not clear their is a mechanism for Russia to remove Putin --- and his popularity soared with his actions on Crimea.

I think Ukraine has a really tough situation. An insurgency is hard anywhere, but here there is the complexity of Russia cheering them on - while arguing against any action to stop things that ANY country would stop.

I think they should have laid low this weekend - other than to document the illegitimacy of an election for which there were not even voting rolls - and no way to see if people already voted.

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from what I understand PatrynXX May 2014 #21

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American-style prohibition? Benton D Struckcheon May 2014 #9

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sorta agree on not liking either side PatrynXX May 2014 #23

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Oh independentpiney May 2014 #30

AP is credible now? joshcryer May 2014 #55

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