Putin poised to create 'police state'

[hedgetrimmer]

link: http://www.news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1344542003

TOM PARFITT IN MOSCOW


FORCES loyal to Vladimir Putin were expected to be on their way to an overwhelming victory today as Russians went to the polls to support a party with little in the way of a manifesto other than slavish devotion to the president.

As opinion polls for the parliamentary elections indicate a crumbling in support for social democratic parties with millions of voters flooding to the Putin-loyal United Russia coalition, political analysts warned the president was well on his way to forming a "police state".

And it seemed unlikely that Friday’s suicide bombing, in which suspected Chechen rebels killed 42 people on a train near the breakaway republic, would blunt a striking success for pro-Kremlin forces as a defiant Putin condemned the attack as an attempt to destabilise the country. As many as 27,000 police are on the streets of Moscow amid fears of further attacks.

The president’s main cheerleader, United Russia, is running at 33% in the polls, with its nearest rival, the Communist Party, well behind on 26%.

Half of the Duma’s 450 representatives are elected from single mandate constituencies while the other half are allocated to parties by proportional representation. Eighteen political parties and five electoral blocs are running.

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[truthisfreedom]

1. ooh... just like bush in a few short months.

that's what he'll need to control this country if he wants to stop us from taking it back. a police state.

[aquart]

2. I was gonna say Putin has Bush envy.

[bpilgrim]

3. good thing we got condi on staff... looks like we are gonna need her

'expertise' after all.

i guess this throws another wrinkle in the neoCONs plans of global domination.

i suspect this will be the trend in most of the world 'liberal authoritarianism'


The attack on Khodorkovsky and the oil giant Yukos is a benchmark event for a political system that is evolving; that political system is liberal authoritarianism. Russia's liberal authoritarianism is at least as old as the Russia Federation. The media has only started to pick-up on this. As unsavory as this may sound for many who believe that the West's teleology of history is the only model for humanity, the arrest of a couple of billionaires does necessarily mean that the Kremlin has lunged into a completely new direction. Actually, it could be said that the system has only become, in an ironic way, 'transparent.'

more...
http://www.rosbaltnews.com/2003/12/06/64711.html

:scared:

peace

[DivinBreuvage]

4. A police state in Russia? Uh-uh. That will NEVER happen.

I went to the Neocon School of International Studies and I know what I'm talking about!

Francoise

[JAbuchan08]

5. The scary thing is Putin is smarter

Bush better brush up on his diplomatic chops... wait a minute... everytime I come up with these doomsday scenarios involving Bush and another leader I realize that Bush doesn't HAVE to be smart because he's not particularly interested in averting the apocalypse. Go ahead, consolidate your power puti-pie- Bush's finger is the one on the button.

[Melinda]

6. Is this familiar?

"And it seemed unlikely that Friday’s suicide bombing, in which suspected Chechen rebels killed 42 people on a train near the breakaway republic, would blunt a striking success for pro-Kremlin forces as a defiant Putin condemned the attack as an attempt to destabilise the country. As many as 27,000 police are on the streets of Moscow amid fears of further attacks. "


The Fear- can they smell it, taste it, feel it, breath it, live free under it?!?

[DivinBreuvage]

7. Bush: "We're goin' after that Caspian Ole, don't try to stop me."

Putin: "My answer is coming over the North Pole."

[DeepModem Mom]

8. Isn't 33% about the size of Bush's base?

Our two-party system, if it survives, helps defend us from this kind of threat --

[no_hypocrisy]

9. Great. Now this country will have to beat the Russians

in the Police State Race. *Shudder!*

[Octafish]

10. "Pootie-toot's a good man. I've looked into his soul."

"Things'd be a lot easier if I was a dictator."

Gov. Smirk

[bobthedrummer]

11. Putin was KGB, that's the old school ties that bind for life

and many other Russian leaders were also hooked up with the KGB. Police state foundation in place, and a population that was used to that is everywhere IMO.

Liberal authoritarian as it is.

[tlcandie]

12. This is why Miami got the $8billion and was turned into a

police state for a warm-up in preparation for 2004. It's coming, but noone believes it will happen.

We MIGHT get to do the electronic voting (amounts to nothing more than a show), but when the people find out they were had and/or find out the dirty dealings, etc., and things start to look messy like in 2000...

The police state WILL happen and once it happens, it will never go away and things will never be the same again.

[Catt03]

13. Bush scared Putin

Remember the meeting in Crawford where "best friends" talked warm and fuzzy.

Putin has been watching from afar and knows that he is dealing with a manic administration. Then again, Bush prety much gave him the blueprint on how to do it.