Apparently anti-Putin forces were getting off the ground in local and regional elections throughout Russia, threatening Moscow's foothold
“The regional governors now have direct control over their territories.”
2 posted on
02/07/2019 10:30:46 PM PST by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
I see this kind of thing in our future if the far left solidifies its stranglehold over DC.
3 posted on
02/07/2019 10:31:23 PM PST by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
Unless you have more information than is in this article (I don’t closely follow Siberian politics), that isn’t the reason at all. The appointment of mayors has moved away from the locality (via elections) to the hands of the regional governors (who ARE elected). This is more than likely because of some discovery of massive corruption.
10 posted on
02/08/2019 7:17:27 AM PST by
billakay
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