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Originally Posted by Feanor
As opposed to supporting . . . . . . . . Limonov? Or maybe Zyuganov? oh wait I know lets back Zhirinovsky. Come on. Who are they going to support?
Ok lets take a more serious look here. If Putin was afraid of losing he would not have shut down the small opposition parties. They steal votes from the united opposition candidate and only help Putin. Yet if he was confident he was going to win then he would not be intimidating people and limiting the number of observers. We have two lines of behavior that are incompatible. There might be more forces at work here that we (the public) do not see. There has been much talk of the KGB being behind Putin, but we have yet to see conclusive evidence. Well if my guess is right then we just might get some in the coming election.
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I by no means believe Putin is an angel, But I am not going to be led into how Putin, is some evil dic'k'tator by Chirstina Amanapour on CNN. West has their interest to keep, and I understand but it is the moral grandstanding that i cant stand, when it is just the pot calling kettle black. Russia is a threat and a serious one at that, West wanted to push Russia as they did with Yelstien not something that is possible with Putin and his oil money.
Are you telling me, Putin would not have won if he didnt close down the smaller parties? I rather look at some other reason for that, cuz wining elections didnt require him to do that.