http://blogs.reuters.com/russia/2008/02/26/vodka-and-guns-on-the-russian-election-trail/ Russian Presidential election Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:35:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/russia/2008/02/26/vodka-and-guns-on-the-russian-election-trail/#comment-25 Photographing the Russian Election - as exciting as watching a Formula 1 car compete with a tractor - Operation Successor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:58:30 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/russia/2008/02/26/vodka-and-guns-on-the-russian-election-trail/#comment-25 [...] election result is child's play Comments (1)Feb 27Medvedev's apprenticeship nearly overFeb 26Vodka and guns: on the Russian election trail Comments [...] […] election result is child’s play Comments (1)Feb 27Medvedev’s apprenticeship nearly overFeb 26Vodka and guns: on the Russian election trail Comments […]

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/russia/2008/02/26/vodka-and-guns-on-the-russian-election-trail/#comment-18 marc Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:16:52 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/russia/2008/02/26/vodka-and-guns-on-the-russian-election-trail/#comment-18 from an american's viewpoint, as i am living in russia, i can say that we had elections about 3 months ago. any party not receiving 7% of the vote could not post a presidential candidate. garry kasparov's party got (i think) 0.9%. most marginal parties got such figures. look at usa-libertarians, greens, socialists, etc (nader?!?) medvedev is fourth in line on the ballot. zhiranovsky is a comic in the duma, often throwing water or fists! he has some good ideas, but can't be taken seriously. the other well-known is the communist party leader- not despised, but unable to offer a lot to the people. putin has helped the people, mostly ridded mafia crime from simple businesses i.e. personal businesses. he is a very positive individual for russia. he presided over the rebirth, you could say, of the Orthodox Church. in small villages unable to pay enormous sums for repair after decades of neglect (use as a feed storage bin, etc) the churches are glistening with new roofs, stuccoed and painted brick walls, new bells, cupolas, bell towers. thank you vladimir putin for your continued leadership in my second home!! God bless you! from an american’s viewpoint, as i am living in russia, i can say that we had elections about 3 months ago. any party not receiving 7% of the vote could not post a presidential candidate. garry kasparov’s party got (i think) 0.9%. most marginal parties got such figures. look at usa-libertarians, greens, socialists, etc (nader?!?) medvedev is fourth in line on the ballot. zhiranovsky is a comic in the duma, often throwing water or fists! he has some good ideas, but can’t be taken seriously. the other well-known is the communist party leader- not despised, but unable to offer a lot to the people. putin has helped the people, mostly ridded mafia crime from simple businesses i.e. personal businesses. he is a very positive individual for russia. he presided over the rebirth, you could say, of the Orthodox Church. in small villages unable to pay enormous sums for repair after decades of neglect (use as a feed storage bin, etc) the churches are glistening with new roofs, stuccoed and painted brick walls, new bells, cupolas, bell towers. thank you vladimir putin for your continued leadership in my second home!! God bless you!

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