Putin stands on school rubble to declare new electoral, security reforms

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Reminds of the way Bush exploited 9-11 in his push for a facist state:


Russia's Putin Asserts Control After School Siege
Mon Sep 13, 2004

By Oleg Shchedrov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin ordered sweeping changes to Russia's political system on Monday to help combat terrorism, but immediately drew accusations of exploiting this month's bloody school siege to boost his power.

The Kremlin leader, speaking in the wake of the hostage crisis in Beslan, told top officials he wanted a new election law to limit the number of political parties and to have full control over nominating regional leaders.

Putin, 51, said the changes were vital to boost state authority after the Beslan tragedy, in which children made up half of the hostages killed when Chechen rebels raided their school in southern Russia.

"The fight against terrorism should become a national task," Putin told ministers and governors from Russia's 89 regions.

The president later issued a decree giving the government two weeks to draft proposals to deal with emergencies and a month to prepare "appropriate measures on foreseeing and preventing terrorism in any form."

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[democraticinsurgent]

1. now this is familiar...n/t

[Political_Junkie]

2. it's deja vu all over again.

eom

[Hand]

3. Well, at least...

...he waited until the dead were removed, unlike a certain lying POS I can think of...

:mad: