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Humanitarismus · 08-10-2007, 01:46 PM

i don't think that putin does socialistic policy. but it is correct that he uses strong means to stabilize russia and his power. and from this point of view his policy is succesfull and good for russia. remember the devastating results of the jelzin era for the russian people...

the communists in russia are the real conservatives and demonstrate against putin. who should rule russia? putin or someone from the communist party? thus it is a completely different picture like in many states of the western society if you try to describe the modern russia with terms like conservative or socialistic.

on the one hand russia did very well in the past to avoid the duch disease. russia is now a stabilized state. this is very important because nobody wants an insecure state with a big nuclear arsenal. also russia provides europe with oil and gas and has now a strong economy. on the other hand is russia still in a transformation process and has to struggle with a decreasing population. in the west of russia the US and the EU get more influence. and in the east of russia grows china. and the relationship between china and russia was since Mao very difficult...

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Humanitarismus Upright Location: Germany	i don't think that putin does socialistic policy. but it is correct that he uses strong means to stabilize russia and his power. and from this point of view his policy is succesfull and good for russia. remember the devastating results of the jelzin era for the russian people... the communists in russia are the real conservatives and demonstrate against putin. who should rule russia? putin or someone from the communist party? thus it is a completely different picture like in many states of the western society if you try to describe the modern russia with terms like conservative or socialistic. on the one hand russia did very well in the past to avoid the duch disease. russia is now a stabilized state. this is very important because nobody wants an insecure state with a big nuclear arsenal. also russia provides europe with oil and gas and has now a strong economy. on the other hand is russia still in a transformation process and has to struggle with a decreasing population. in the west of russia the US and the EU get more influence. and in the east of russia grows china. and the relationship between china and russia was since Mao very difficult... __________________ "I have no respect for the passion for equality, which seems to me merely idealizing envy" Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Last edited by Humanitarismus; 08-10-2007 at 02:03 PM..