Vladimir Putin has been re-installed as Russia's president. Talk about musical chairs with the former president, now the newly installed PM! Even more troubling is that Putin, the ex KPG Chief evidently sees himself as some sort of Emperor. That the election of Putin was corrupt also seems beyond doubt. Putin's inauguration, as detailed in this piece from The New Yorker, appears to have been a mixture of satire and violence.
"For a man so allegedly beloved by his people as Vladimir Putin believes himself to be—he cried at his victory rally in March, which he then ascribed to the wind—it was a strange sight to see his black cortege speed through the deserted streets of Moscow on the way to his third Presidential inauguration. No parade wave from the new President; he sat behind the most tinted of windows. Not a soul cheered from the sidewalks as Putin and a phalanx of security sped to the Kremlin; they had all been cleared and the streets and metros cordoned off. The people may have elected him, but this was not an event for the people.
Even the Queen of England, elected by no one, I thought, waves to her subjects."
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"For a man so allegedly beloved by his people as Vladimir Putin believes himself to be—he cried at his victory rally in March, which he then ascribed to the wind—it was a strange sight to see his black cortege speed through the deserted streets of Moscow on the way to his third Presidential inauguration. No parade wave from the new President; he sat behind the most tinted of windows. Not a soul cheered from the sidewalks as Putin and a phalanx of security sped to the Kremlin; they had all been cleared and the streets and metros cordoned off. The people may have elected him, but this was not an event for the people.
Even the Queen of England, elected by no one, I thought, waves to her subjects."
Continue reading here.
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