Friday, September 17, 2004
Russia: The Quntessential False Democracy
A vote for democracy, Putin-style: [csmonitor.com] — A good article summarizing the ways Putin has manipulated the media and the electoral mechanisms to hold on to power in Russia.
Lately Putin has tried to centralize fedaral power in the Kremlin. Now that Russia is a pro-business capitalist state they've become a parody of the old Soviet characterization of corrupt American imperialism.
Update: Steve Gilliard just wrote a blurb in his excellent blog about the same subject: Who Says There are No More Czars?
