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Originally Posted by Malvolio
Yes. But I just wanted to say that it is not so easy for Putin, given the problems his country is facing. We just can't expect that democracy as we know it will work in Russia just as smoothly as we are used to. That takes a lot of time. The culture, the mentality, the economic and social structures, the public administration and authorities ... all have to catch up with those radical changes. Political stability and corruption are probably the biggest concerns for the Russian government. They will have to make some concessions ... whether we like it or not.
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Like the Kremlin appointing the provincial, or whatever they call their regions, leaders instead of a vote? Like what they did to get the oil company firmly back under Kremlin control.
I understand that there may be some laws that we would find onerous to help them curtail the criminals and even some controls on television, but it seems to be an accross the board assalt on democratic principles. It harkens more to the Chinese telling us that they have democracy as well, just a chinese version.