http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2983720.ece
WHEN Anya Kaluyeva, a Russian primary school teacher, was summoned to her boss’s office last week, she expected to discuss a new set of textbooks. The conversation quickly took a more sinister turn.
The head teacher asked the 48-year-old whom she intended to vote for in today’s parliamentary elections. When she hesitated, he ordered her to support United Russia, the party backed by President Vladimir Putin. He then issued a warning.
“He made it clear that if I didn’t vote for United Russia I’d lose my job,” said Kaluyeva, a mother of two who lives in a small town south of Moscow.
“I was so shocked I was left speechless. He put me under pressure and hinted that he had ways of checking who I’d voted for. I felt I was back in the Soviet Union.”
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wow has russia gone back in time?
just a question but is putin against autism?
Ghetto Edit: Ya see, I don't use this forum for autism news..in my mind "news and media" is news and media and just that
ok sorry I just thought this is autism sight and well you know 
but anyway is putin a threat to other countries a modern day stalin?
Nah I think he just wants to remake Russia into the USSR
Make of that what you will
You know Belarus is just like the USSR during the 1980s? ;]
ah well in that case
HEY KGB!!! WAIT FOR ME I WANNA JOIN!!
eh we're screwed we can't win a fight against russia
Belarus still has the KGB you know.
Same name, same Uniforms, same Job...
More or less the same logo too
just the Hammer and Sickle replaced with the outline of Belarus.
excellent!!! \ /
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“I was so shocked I was left speechless. He put me under pressure and hinted that he had ways of checking who I’d voted for. I felt I was back in the Soviet Union.”
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http://www.lyrics007.com/The%20Beatles%2...yrics.html Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn't get to bed last night
Oh, the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man, I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR, yeah
Been away so long I hardly knew the place
Gee, it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the US
Back in the US
Back in the USSR
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind
Oh, come on
Hu Hey Hu, hey, ah, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah
I'm back in the USSR
You don't know how lucky you are, boys
Back in the USSR
Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the west behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
They Georgia's always on my my my my my my my my my mind
Oh, show me round your snow peaked
mountain way down south
Take me to you daddy's farm
Let me hear you balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm
I'm back in the USSR
Hey, You don't know how lucky you are, boy
Back in the USSR
Oh, let me tell you honey
Like I've stated before:
The American-Chinese trade cycle doesn't include Russia, or the other former East Block nations for that matter. Dictatorship is the natural result.
Simen; what Ian meant was;
big, rich country boarders smaller, poorer country
big country isnt afraid to use force and intimidation to get its way
smaller country has something big one wants
big one uses brute tactics
different country, same government!
That's not apparent at all. It was in the context of rigging elections, which is an interior issue, not a foreign policy issue.
Like I've stated before:
The American-Chinese trade cycle doesn't include Russia, or the other former East Block nations for that matter. Dictatorship is the natural result.
I don't suppose you have an argument for that, too?
China buys American debt, controls internal production, pegs currency against U.S. dollar 4 yuan: 1 dollar. The U.S. consumers help float the debt by paying taxes that support the debt/ banking structure, and continue buying Chinese goods.
Well, first of all, you haven't got your facts straight with currencies, so either you're projecting into the future without giving any justification for your predictions, or you're plain wrong.
Second, how is this supposed to naturally lead to Russia becoming a dictatorship?
Well, I suppose that I'm just plain wrong then. You know, actually, I was born wrong and from that point have got everything wrong including the current exchange rates.
I believe that China buys U.S. dollars in order to peg her exchange rate outside the normal currency trading system. That much I may have right. Anyhow, I heard that much on the Glenn Beck programme (U.S.)