Posted on 07/01/2020 4:44:02 AM PDT by C19fan
Vladimir Putin is heading for victory in a referendum that could extend his rule until 2036 as Russia enters its final day of voting today. The Kremlin strongman would normally reach his term limit in 2024, but voters are set to back a plan to reset his tally to zero and allow him to run for two more terms. The package of constitutional changes would also increase Putin's powers to dissolve parliament and expand his influence over courts and prosecutors.
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And if they can't win an election by fair means or foul, they haven't ruled out assassination.
Pray for Trump, Pray for the USSS.
Pray HARD!
Not just for the well-being of America, but for that of the whole world as well!
One of my favorite YT bloggers is “Bald and Bankrupt” who is an Englishman who travels all throughout the former Soviet Union, I really gained a better understand of the people there from those videos.
I understand it much better now, given recent events here.
And the “Immortal Regiment” March, which was something started spontaneously, is great to see. People marching holding up pictures of their relatives who fought in the “Great Patriotic War”, where is that spirit today in this country?
The Freepers who are foaming-at-the-mouth Putin haters will tell you all about how he “invaded Crimea” as an example of his belligerence. In reality, there probably hasn’t been a more willing “invasion target” in the history of humanity. Crimea was returned to Russia, where it belongs (its possession by Ukraine was a quirk of Soviet internal politics), and the people got a serious quality of life upgrade moving from Ukrainian administration to Russian.
Don’t forget that WWII (the GPW) was many, many times more traumatic for the Russian people than for the USA. The number of people lost as a function of population is mind-boggling. They won though, and they will never forget it.
I only heard of it when I was required to install it as a poll worker.
Think of the implications of that sentence...
I hate Stalin and the Bolsheviks with a burning passion, but I had the highest admiration for the Russian people during the war, they couldn’t choose their leaders, they fought because they knew what would happen to their country if they lost.
Maybe "Danzig" 1939.
Going to Mamayev Kurgan (Stalingrad Memorial), is on my bucket list.
The siege of Stalingrad was a high point in human courage and determination.
I often wonder if seeing how the Russians acquitted themselves there is what convinced our war planners that we could not prevail in a nuclear war.
some russian patriot needs to step up and off putie
“Russia is a backward nation”!
NO Russia is a third world crap hole with a big military.
Technically true, he hasn't enslaved a population, and has opportunistically invaded and seized only small portions of neighboring countries. But it is a pretty low bar.
Mr. Putin is not Stalin bad, Hitler bad, Mao bad, or Xi Xiping bad. But he is an autocrat who squashes the individual liberties of the Russian citizenry. Overseas, he is an opportunistic troublemaker, involving Russia in Syria, Libya, the Central African Republic, the Sudan to gain Russia access to resources, but in ways that make crappy, strife torn, areas even crappier.
“You can’t admire modern Russian politics given the constant manipulations going on behind the scenes, as well as more overt acts like bumping off journalists who get too close to the truth”
That must be awful. Andrew Breitbart, Julian Assange and Seth Rich are unavailable for comment.
Vladimir Putin is heading for victory in a referendum that could extend his rule until 2036.
Democrats have the same plan wonder how that happened?.
I believe Putin is doing his country a grave disservice in his attempts to retain power. What Russia needs is an example of a peaceful transfer of power, like George Washington provided for us. Washington showed great wisdom in deciding that 8 years was enough for any man.
Khrushchev to Brezhnev was "peaceful".
For some values of 'peaceful' I suppose. Kinda like these 'mostly peaceful' protests we're having here? Of course, another phrase to describe them would also be 'somewhat violent'.
The Russians may very well like Putin, and what he's doing and has accomplished for them. Nonetheless, I think they need more and better examples of an orderly transfer of power.
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