Posted on 01/31/2009 10:14:30 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Russia was rocked today by some of its strongest protests yet as thousands rallied across the vast country to attack the Kremlin's response to the global economic crisis.
The marches, complete with Soviet-style red flags and banners, pose a challenge to a government which has faced little threat from the fragmented opposition and politically apathetic population during the boom years fuelled by oil.
Pro-government thugs beat up some of the protesters.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It’s probably a good thing that Vlad has built up his military. It looks as though he’s going to need it.
Putin may attempt to channel this discontent.
However, we may be seeing the beginnings of Russia and China reverting to a very hardcore form of communism.
Well, this should at least keep him occupied for a while. Looks like the economy is pluging the world into chaos, and not a little bit of this caused by the greed of running oil up beyond what people could afford since it affects/affected every other aspect of our daily lives from food to tires and in between.
Open memo to libs:
This is nothing but capitalist propaganda. The rich control the media in the USA. Nothing in America besides the very wealthy and the very poor. Capitalism sucks.
Socialism works everywhere it has ever been tried.
If you don’t believe me, you will go to Siberia until you vote for Obama you capitalist dumbass.
Maybe if and when you get out, you will stop begging for gubmint to take care of you.
You do realize the original Eric Blair (aka George Orwell) was an ardent socialist....
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Grandpa George meant well. You surely read our family history “Animal Farm”. I was the cow. Grandpa George loved me when I played the bush in the grade school play too.
He was an interesting guy. Also an atheist. And, credited with coining the phrase “Cold War.”
Pro Kremlin Youth Group is Nashi and Rumol. They go out and do alot of dirty work and intimidation.
Wiki said the group was first started to confront skinheads. But, apparently takes alot of orders from the Kremlin.
It has been speculated that the Kremlin’s primary goal was to create a paramilitary force to harass and attack Putin’s critics “enemies of the State”
.. and coming soon our very own.
“...we may be seeing the beginnings of Russia and China reverting to a very hardcore form of communism.”
I suspect the same.
Nite all!
Superbowl could be a good one tomorrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z3GV22mq2s&feature=related
This is a Rumol video, although it is tame, you can see how their youth are uniformed and how they are not only intimidating a lone protester, but they are enforcing.
Gather your loved ones close to you...it's going to be a rough ride.
I guess these girls will have to find a new heartthrob.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncW1zqMFgs&feature=related
they took photographs and will tracvk down and ‘accident’ every single one of them
Putin might just dispose of them the way he does his least favorite journalists in the Russian media....
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090131/D9629O3G0.html
There were thousands of them. What you say might happen sounds like a big “make work” project.
that does sound like a new government stimulus project doesn’t it?
find and kill dissenters
um.. I am sure they’d say “accidents” happen
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