The Russians
I saw this earlier, and found it interesting. (Link is NYTimes - www.bugmenot.com is your friend)
The article states that Putin stripped the governors of the 89 regions in Russia of essentially all power and (more or less) gave it back to him self. This is a return to the previous central government that the Russians "enjoyed" under the communist regime. I am curious how many of those governors that rolled over to this command are old hard line communists and how many are younger people? The situation bears watching. (bears! See, I made a joke.)
Putin is an interesting character; he worked for the KGB, and later ran the Federal Security Bureau. Currently Russia is too bogged down in trying to stay afloat to be a major player in the world stage, but this could be a step toward regaining that sort of power.
I wonder if this means the iron curtian will be coming down again.
We shall see.
The article states that Putin stripped the governors of the 89 regions in Russia of essentially all power and (more or less) gave it back to him self. This is a return to the previous central government that the Russians "enjoyed" under the communist regime. I am curious how many of those governors that rolled over to this command are old hard line communists and how many are younger people? The situation bears watching. (bears! See, I made a joke.)
Putin is an interesting character; he worked for the KGB, and later ran the Federal Security Bureau. Currently Russia is too bogged down in trying to stay afloat to be a major player in the world stage, but this could be a step toward regaining that sort of power.
I wonder if this means the iron curtian will be coming down again.
We shall see.
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