The irony being that he's still better than what came before him, and the current alternatives! I think not only is he desperate to avoid anyone getting a look at the finances, theres a touch of Sun King Syndrome, if someone strong doesnt control Russia, it'll collapse into anarchy.Pista wrote:
Well, given that he's that unhinged, there's no telling what he'll do at all.
Pussy Riot
"Vengeance. Justice. Fire and blood.."
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Since the murder of Anna Politkovskaya on Putin's birthday it seems clear who that guy is.nowayjose wrote:A few years back, for a while I thought of Putin filling a role similar to Havelock Vetinari but now I think he's more like Mad Lord Snapcase.
Insofar, two years of detention look like a black eye ... though heaven knows what's gonna happen to them in prison ...
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These girls don't even have a decent song.Nice try with this PR trick but these things just don't work in Russia.I guess they are ok with paying this price for being famous,for me it's just stupid.
Keep Music Evil
Did they actually break anything?
Or deface anything?
I don't recall.
Not sure their music is reason enough to have them banged up.
If it was either of the Gallagher brothers however...
Or deface anything?
I don't recall.
Not sure their music is reason enough to have them banged up.
If it was either of the Gallagher brothers however...
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Some of you will find this interesting: Pussy Riot Closing Statements
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
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Very interesting! Thanks!sultan2075 wrote:Some of you will find this interesting: Pussy Riot Closing Statements
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There's an online-petition for their release now ... demanding an assets freeze and travel ban on Putin’s powerful inner circle ...
http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_pussy_riot ... ssia_a/?fp
http://www.avaaz.org/en/free_pussy_riot ... ssia_a/?fp
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Speaking of freeze... half of Europe is dependent on Russian gas, so nothing like that will happen.Being645 wrote:There's an online-petition for their release now ... demanding an assets freeze and travel ban on Putin’s powerful inner circle ...
gas and oil. I like all that kind of nice idealistic, forgetting about reality, slogans. In Europe is still Lukashenko one last mofo true dictator, no one can do anything with him (again, small contribution in that has state of Russia, and firget about small bickering btween Putin and Lukashenko).