[judywillow]

Here is yet another case where the forces of repression seemed to have all the advantages, including the reconstituted KGB and the full, cynical, support of a nasty Russian tyrant.

Sorry, no sale. Vladimir Putin is the best ruler Russia has ever had since Tsar Peter, and there is no possibility of George Soros being on the right side of something like this any more than there is of the sun coming up in the west tommorrow morning. After Israel, Russia is the single most valuable ally we could possibly have in any sort of a struggle against islammic terrorism, but not if we continue treating Russians like assholes simply because we can, and trying to build some sort of a NATO or quasi-NATO ring around Russia is treating them like assholes.

[blackminorcapullets]

"Sorry, no sale. Vladimir Putin is the best ruler Russia has ever had since Tsar Peter,"

Is this the same Peter that killed several million Ukrainian serfs building his monument in the swamp, St Petersburgh?

The ability of russophiles to wash blood off their hands would put any Proctor Gamble ad campaign to shame.

And the best ruler Russia will ever have is Yushchenko. Kiev is the ancient capital of Rus and its future one. Mockva is morally bankrupt despite the promise it held 10 years ago and as your Peter dragged Russia into the 18th century with the blood of millions, so will Yushchenko drag it into the 21st, not with blood, but with virtue.

Think Orange, not Red

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[TheHound]

Vladimir Putin is the best ruler Russia has ever had since Tsar Peter.

The definition of a "ruler" is a sovereign: a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler. So in a sense you are right, but he needs to kill at least a few million people to actually be classed the Tsar Peter.

[Lukasz]

Again the same melody, I told you before that Peter the Great was a butcher.