A constant historic view of Russia from the world but never from the Russian himself.

[SergeiIvanov]

Putin, a Man on a White Horse

Of all the countries of the world only Russia has produced so consistently a government by a man on a white horse. The power held in the hands of one man has more often then not been the case through Russia’s long history, from Ivan the Terrible to Vladimir Putin, they have been the sole application of law, in the faces of a people crying for freedom. Yet endless revolutions, demonstrations and heroic acts by the people to free them self from dictatorship have only ended in the sitting of yet another man on yet another white horse. The dictators never end; they stretch an endless line through Russian history, different from one another by their cruelties and their neglect of the people.
The present Russian government no different to the rest, Putin says to the Duma of Parliament, give me more power and I will solve the problem in Chechnya. When he get more power the problem does not get fixed, but the Russian people are much more enslaved.
The satellite countries are extremely sensitive to the problems of dictatorship in Russia since their nations will be its first victims. It is rather like being in bed with an elephant. When Russia sneezes the satellite countries catch colds. The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb will not sleep well. The satellite countries fear Russia and Russian actions. The countries are particularly fearful at this time are Georgia and Chechnya. Faced with overwhelming Russian military superiority, they use the only device left to them, in their helplessness, terrorism in its most terrible forms. They take this war on to the subways, streets and schools of Russia to clearly demonstrate to the Russian people that no one, even the youngest child is safe. Thus they demonstrate that the ways of our can infiltrate the lands of the infidel and the time is short before the whole world acknowledges its glory.
These satellite nations and indeed the whole world wants to see Russia as a parliamentary democracy. That is the only safety which these nations have. The question remains in the second millennium is Russia capable of forsaking the man on the white horse and endowing its people with trust, with power and with their meaningful vote?
It’s my perception that President Putin is suffocating any possibility of opposition to him or friends of the former KGB, whom Putin and friends will no doubt select for the future presidency. Jailing oppositions, destroying opposing political candidates by way of force is not a democratic country struggling to survive a terrorist war, while doing its best to prosper financially on the global market. The actions of the Kremlin are that of an authoritarian power that only aggravates the terrorists while sitting back without even an attempt at progressive action.

By
Sergei Ivanov
Lover of the motherland, hater of the rulers that do not allow it to breathe.

[Soviet78]

I guess my only argument is that at least the Soviet "dictatorship" provided the country with its necessities: security, bread on the table, and an ideology; a reason for existence.

I think that the Soviets could have made a very good state if only they focussed more on consumer goods. For freedom of economy is freedom of the person. When a person has his belly full, his possessions, and his ideals set, he is a happy person. This talk of democracy is quite silly in my opinion, especially with people so vemenently protecting it:

Is the US a democracy? How many major differences between the two governing parties? You can count them on your hand. But people love America. People from all over the world want to got there, because it is the land of opportunity. Would it be a land of opportunity if it were not a rich country? I highly doubt it.

That's just my opinion. I'm going to get flamed for it now

If only we could have seen into the future when we decided to break up the country in 1991...

I knew that one Ivanov wasn't enough for this board.

Interesting view, but I see nothing new here. It was said and disproved and said again, and disproved again thousand times. Everyone finally stays with his own opinion and view on Russia.

My view on the topic in the thread
http://www.russia.com/forums/showthr...4&pagenumber=3

[Soviet78]

I hope you don't really mean that

[SergeiIvanov]

Originally posted by Chechen-Rebel
Russians must die, Allah akbar

Why such hatered for Russia?

Be specific about what it is that you dislike that makes you want to destroy it.

Are the people the enemy or the state? Explain please.

[SergeiIvanov]

"I guess my only argument is that at least the Soviet "dictatorship" provided the country with its necessities: security, bread on the table, and an ideology; a reason for existence.

I think that the Soviets could have made a very good state if only they focussed more on consumer goods. For freedom of economy is freedom of the person. When a person has his belly full, his possessions, and his ideals set, he is a happy person. This talk of democracy is quite silly in my opinion, especially with people so vemenently protecting it:

The Soviet state would have made a good state if the communist officials were not corrupted and did not steal from the people. When you hear the socialists argue that had it not been for the atrocities Stalin brought, Russia would have been.... What I hear, is an argument without a leg to stand on. Communism breads these animals, take for example North Korea with its ruthless dictator? China? Has everybody forgotten the man with groceries standing in front of a tank? The photographs of executions? How many bloody Sundays has America had on its own citizens?

Is the US a democracy? How many major differences between the two governing parties? You can count them on your hand. But people love America. People from all over the world want to get there, because it is the land of opportunity. Would it be a land of opportunity if it were not a rich country? I highly doubt it.

To quote John Kennedy, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest”

I don’t think you understand Democracy my friend. America did not start out being a rich country, nor did it become one through a dictatorship or any other form of government. People don’t seem to understand that Congress runs the country NOT the President.


That's just my opinion. (Yes and in America it counts)
I'm going to get flamed for it now


If only we could have seen into the future when we decided to break up the country in 1991..."

That was the best decision that Russia had made in the last 100 years. The bad decision followed right after though. By kicking out Garbachov before a stable system was put in place, we opened the gates to mass corruption.

[SergeiIvanov]

Disapproved? Which part, Russia’s long history of tyrants and dictators? This you cannot disprove for we are not in 1984 my friend and the truth is out there. You can find it in most libraries, look under Russian history. One of the most gruesome (simply because it wasn’t long ago) was the Stalin personal murder count during his reign. In the 1950's most Americans believed it to be around 22 million murdered, but the Europeans said that was outrages and were quoted as saying around 4-7 million. Well after the wall fell Kremlin released the official number, 43 million dead by way of murder, 61 million dead by Lenin and Stalin combined.