“The mix of the gossips and exxagarations. What political rivals Putin has? None. His approval rate is near total.
But if you meant Kasparov as his rival then just think how can guy who even not ethnic russian be the political rival of Putin? Kasparov is the jewish-arminian guy who was born in Baku, Azerbajdzan. He doesn’t belong to Russia”
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Approval rates near total should be a warning sign. I understand Castro and Kim Jung-Il actually have 100% approval ratings.
Numerous journalists and critics of Putin have been assassinated in recent time, both in and out of russia. Would you for a second imagine it possible that Putin is somehow connected to this?
It is my understanding that rules were changed which made some officials unable to run for election in the national representative body. Could you describe those rules and their intent?
I do agree with you that multinationals essentially tried to loot russian natural resources.
Numerous journalists and critics of Putin have been assassinated in recent time, both in and out of russia. Would you for a second imagine it possible that Putin is somehow connected to this?==
No beacuse with Putin approval rate he wouldn’t worry some jornalists rubbish. Russian proverb says: “The dog barks but your caravan keep going”. Putin rather despises those journalists with old russian tradition.
The journalism is the second ancient profession after prostitution. I prefer To mine my information form Internet then to ever read any newspaper or see news programs.