10,000 rally for Vladimir Putin to resign

[Thunder]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100130/ts_nm/us_russia_rally

an impressive show of strength in a semi-authoritarian society.

 

[McHrozni]

an impressive show of strength in a semi-authoritarian society.

Semi-authoritarian?

Did Putin resign or something to deserve that semi?

McHrozni

 

[Thunder]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100131/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_protests

Moscow police respond by kicking butt.

 

[INRM]

Parky,

Unsurprising, that's what authoritarian regimes do sadly.

 

[Darth Rotor]

Parky,

Unsurprising, that's what authoritarian regimes do sadly.

It is my impression that they do it with a certain amount of glee, not sadly.

DR

 

[ponderingturtle]

When I saw this I thought the rally would have the life expenctency of a reporter critical of the goverment in moscow.

 

[Childlike Empress]

10000 in Kaliningrad, 300 in Moscow. Maybe has something to do with the special situation and status of Kaliningrad? Maybe?

The usual suspects in Moscow. Do you know who Eduard Limonov^WP is, parky? Here's the flag of his party:

 

[Thunder]

10000 in Kaliningrad, 300 in Moscow. Maybe has something to do with the special situation and status of Kaliningrad? Maybe?

The usual suspects in Moscow. Do you know who Eduard Limonov^WP is, parky? Here's the flag of his party:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ty.svg/130px-National_Bolshevik_Party.svg.png

are these guys communists? fascists? can they make up their minds?