Vladimir Putin As Russia's Hosni Mubarak

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Paul Roderick Gregory, Contributor

12/05/2011 @ 12:13AM |22,873 views

Russia's Voters Have Spoken: Anybody But Putin

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According to exit polls, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia lost its majority in the Russian parliament in Sunday’s voting. United Russia fell from a two third majority to under fifty percent. Prior to the election, Putin muzzled independent election monitors; so the actual vote was much worse for his former majority party.

To understand the magnitude of this electoral drubbing, consider a U.S. election in which Republican candidates are banned, and the Democrats vie against the Green, Libertarian, and the Freedom Socialist Parties, and THEY FAIL TO WIN A MAJORITY. This was the case in Russia on Sunday (12/4/2011). The majority of ballots were not for someone but against the Putin regime. [Read the rest]

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