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Gary Kasparov Arrested Over Political Fight
geddes writes "World chess champion turned opposition leader Gary Kasparov was arrested this morning while leading an march through Moscow in opposition to Russian President Vladamir Putin. Kasporov is a leader of the 'Other Russia' coalition which has been banned by the government from appearing on TV, and had been denied a marching permit. From the New York Times: 'Essentially barred from access to television, members of Other Russia have embraced street protests as the only platform to voice their opposition ahead of parliamentary elections in December and presidential elections next March. Early this month, Mr. Kasyanov's and Mr. Kasparov's Web sites were blocked, though it was unclear by whom.' Kasparov was later released from detention, though he was still fined for participating in the event."
OMG.. you mean people would actually SEE and/or NOTICE the protestors in the streets, and possibly be educated and recruited to their cause?!
Every marching protester is always a lefty. For some, it's an excuse to use the power and relative anonymity of "the crowd" to smash things and break stuff (or are all the violent people just police plants?). When was the last time you saw a right-wing group marching?
I am sure if bin laden would finance some sort of protest to encourage dismantlement of current government, they will get executed. It is called treason. Berezovsky is a thief and should be jailed. Putin, if being an autocrat, is brining stability to russia. Currency has stabilized and rising, markets are very optimistic. Investment is coming in.
If russians wanted they could've killed him long time ago.
I don't think the political shift in russia with putin in power is hunky dory, but he has gotten rid of alot of crime. People who insist on failing russia as a state have been practicing the same, with state palesite too. You make the connections.
Putin has alot to worry about for next 10 years, if he gets relected. Russia faces, sort of friendly, but increasingly hungry china by its side, European union and united states who would be interested in russia being a third world country and their CIA based efforts to destailize the country, destroy any viable political system.
Remember Putin:
1. improved situation law enforcement
2. redirected money from illegally assigned oil resources to government, where it was taken from.
- remember in russia resources were all owned by government. so people who privatized the resources were just as good or worse then cocaine warlords of columbia.
- privatization was: one guy brings some solid sum of money and he gets the oil well, for profit all to himself.
3. fought back corruption
4. kicked oligarhs, the super rich elite who threatened to kill him. so what is natural thing to do? -> jail them.
I watch western and russian media, to get sort of the whole picture.
I mean he is KGB ex-agent, so he does as he knows. I think he is honest and not crooked like the previous government. I suspect Yeltsing handed over the power to him, because he was being steadily manipulated and poisoned to whore out russia and its resources to any bidder. Putin's tactics may be somewhat questionable, but he came into situation, there was no way to go but up.
People who invest aren't stupid. Russia has seen record amount of the investment coming there. Because prices are cheap, putin guarantees some sort of stability. You just follow the money, and it tells you what you want. Berezovsky got cut off from his money spigot, he'd be 10x richer now. But he isn't thats why he is angry. I would be very angry as well.
I don't think Putin is angel, but what he is doing I think straight and honest. His rule is best thing that happen to Russia in a long time. He doesn't drink, take/taken drugs. He is doing what is best to make russia a real country that can content with others on eye to eye in technology, fair resource pricing etc.
His allegences are with KGB. Whooppee. Bush Sr. was a head of CIA. Perhaps that makes him best tactitian to bring the country out of the trouble. It was spiraling down the toilet and very fast.
Don't forget, the overblown journalists being shot, they have had warnings, but perhaps being backed by crooks like Berezovsky, made them political fodder. I general russian populace is angry what these people have done to the country and won't make any apologies for what they do.
Perhaps if bin laden sponsored revolution in USA, to force the complete government change, he would not be wanted in USA. Except it already happened. Russia's roots aren't in capitalism, as much as we all would like to make it out to be the cure for any ills any country is having. What is important , is that USA has culture of capitalism, which russia doesn't. It is changing and it would take time. I cannot see likes of criminally corrupt Berezovsky running the country.
I am just saying that Russia is a very different country. You can't apply american liberty & capitalism (if that still exists) in Russia. China is taking its own way. So will russia, now that it has strong leader. So far that I talked to friends and relatives, they don't even have doubts about how good for russia Putin is.
Russia has to defend itself from China nearby, as it is still growing. And they need land and resources. NATO is squeezing russia from each side, NATO fighters placed in Estonia, always taunt russian forces. In general West is still very unfriendly toward russia, and thats why you see rennovation of nuclear stock pile.
I dunno I think we should see what happens with Putin.
He can be search out for treason by spies and shot before he makes his move. Putin is popular in russia, he'd have to pull operation with help of CIA. And I bet CIA has its hands full in Iraq & regions now. Maybe he can call mossad or something.
Why is the parent marked as Troll? Does he wrote any lie?
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Sounds like presidential material to me. Worked in '04
What?