[redgolum]

The Bear is awake.

My only fear is that with the massive centralization of power that Putin has done, is that someone will use it to turn Russia back into a dictatorship.

[keats5]

You're absolutely right. I'm all for Russia teaming up with Israel, but we need to be careful what we wish for. I think some on this thread have not heard about Putin's proposal that ONLY PUTIN SHOULD APPOINT LOCAL OFFICIALS. Putin wants to do away with local elections!

This terrifies me.