"a real danger that a new fuehrer with a fascist-type, nationalist ideology" might win the presidency.
Isnt that the current power. Dont forget putin was KGB, and now are joining forces with Red China for war games intended on practicing for the invasion of taiwan. Communist Russia never died, that wall falling was just a give and take game with America...Mark my words Communism will rise to likes no one has seen. China, Russia, all the tin pot dictators around the world, joined together not too mention the democratic party. And weve got England, Australia, and Japan on our side, wow get ready to pick up arms.
Well, your view of what is happening in Russia is essentially correct in that it is a complete dictatorship. However, it is not exactly Communism. What it is is, rule by the KGB. Under Communism, the KGB was an organ of the gov't. Now it is the gov't.
This might be better for the Russian people, as there is an element of partially free enterpise and somewhat moer prosperity. However, it may turn out to be worse for the US than communism was. Espeically since Russia seems to have "officially disengaged" itself from the terrorism it created---a terrorism that it used to keep off US soil for fear of retailation from the US. A terrorism that has now morphed into something caused by "Islamic" ideals instead of "socialist" ideals, but that seems much the same to me. A terrirism supported by Iran, which Russia is helping to develope nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missles (see the front page of today's Wall Street Journal (3-18-05), "As Evidence Grows of Iran's Program, US Hits Quandry" about how Iran's missiles are being designed to hold nuclear warheads.
from Iran's Nuclear Option, Casemate, 2005, Al J. Venter, p. 306:
"Moscow continues to deny vehemently all direct U.S. accusations of government-sponsored nuclear and missile transfers to Iran that would be in violation of its international nonproliferation obligations. These assurances by Russia have, however, been repeatedly questioned.
"Further arguments appeared when reports surfaced in early 1998 that the Russian FSB was in fact coordinating clandestine missile technology transfers to the Iranians---allegations denied by Russian officials...Moscow has always declared that no infringements of the MCTR have been committed, but did admit the existence of 'individual contacts' between Iranian and Russian entities."
(I can give a footnote on above quote, on request.)