A RIDICULOUS NOTION, ABOUT THE "MAN WHO NEVER WAS"
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/us-russia-nemtsov-kasparov-idUSKBN0LY0A320150302?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
The murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov has dampened any hope for a peaceful political transition in Russia away from President Vladimir Putin's government, Garry Kasparov, a prominent opposition voice, said in an interview on Sunday.
Kasparov, a former world chess champion who lives in self-imposed exile in the United States, offered a gloomy outlook for Russia's political opposition after Nemtsov was shot dead meters from the Kremlin late on Friday.
"Boris hoped, in vain as we understand, to see some form of peaceful transition into normal, civilized democratic government," Kasparov told Reuters, describing Nemtsov as one of Russia's leading advocates for non-violent political expression.
"I see no chance for Russia now to move from Putin's brutal dictatorship into something that will be even (as) mild as we had 10 years ago," he said, predicting it could take a violent mass uprising if change was to come...
THE VENEZUELAN POLICY, RUSSIAN FRANCHISE....CHAVEZ WAS ELECTED, MADURO WAS ELECTED, PUTIN WAS ELECTED, AND NOT UNDER A CLOUD OF PROVABLE ELECTION FRAUD, LIKE SOME US PRESIDENTS WE COULD NAME...
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