The Russian Elections...Lessons in Corruption (yes, it CAN happen here)

[Dover]

You may have seen this scenario tossed around as a possible last ditch strategy by a desperate Bush regime to hold onto power. Well, if he tries to pull it off he won't be the first....Ol' Pooty-Poot may just have beat him to the quick. See any patterns?

From today's headlines:

Duma deputy calls for state of emergency in Russia, may CANCEL ELECTIONS!

MOSCOW - It is necessary to hold an extraordinary meeting of the Federation Council to consider the issue of declaring the state of emergency in Russia and canceling the presidential elections, Dmitry Rogozin, the co-chairman of the bloc Rodina (Motherland), told journalists today.

"Today's terrorist attack in the metro is the attempt to question existence of state power in the country," he said.

http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnewswire.shtml?nw=42417

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For more lessons in corruption, check out the Russian election debacle that has preceeded this announcement:

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SSIA: Govt told to refrain from using dirty tricks against other presidential candidates

MOSCOW - Sergei Glaziev, a presidential aspirant, whose signatures have yet to be verified by the Central Election Commission (CEC), have called on Russian authorities to stop using certain tactics, commonly referred to as “dirty technologies” against opponents in the March 14, presidential race.

The statement came in the wake of criminal charges filed on Feb. 5 against Ivan Rybkin, another presidential candidate and his supporters by the Nikulinsk Prosecutor’s Office on alleged falsification of signatures....

http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=42412
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Related Stories about the candidates:


Gerashchenko’s appeal dismissed by Supreme court

http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=42418


Yabloko to boycott March 14, presidential election in Russia

http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=42410

Duma to consider proposal to prolongate presidential term

http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=42404


Yukos-sponsored Khakamada accuses Putin

http://www.russiajournal.com/news/cnews-article.shtml?nd=42073

Russian (Presidential) Candidate Disappears

A former national security chief planning to challenge President Vladimir Putin has been missing since Thursday, his campaign staff said Saturday. Hours earlier, the Central Elections Commission approved the presidential candidacy of liberal Ivan Rybkin, who has harshly criticized Putin.

Kseniya Ponomaryova, head of Rybkin's campaign group, told The Associated Press that Rybkin had been unreachable since late Thursday, but declined to give details.

The news agency Interfax also quoted Rybkin's wife as saying his relatives had not been able to contact him for two days....

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040207_964.html

[patricia92243]

1. Remember: Bush looked into Putin's eyes and saw his soul - that he is a..

good man.

Should have know then that GW's judgement could not be trusted.

[ClintonTyree]

2. Scary stuff.............

and if we think that it couldn't happen here we're not as advanced as we think we are. Maybe Bush's buddy Pootie-Poot is is doing beta testing for the exact same scenario her in the States.

[Dover]

3. Maybe we should start thinking about what we would do if this

or something like it happens.

Fool us once shame on them....