The Russian Revolution

[thelionheart]

Tens of thousands gather
The rally appeared as big as the last major protest in June, which also attracted tens of thousands. More of the demonstrators, however, came not as members of the varied political organizations that make up the protest movement, but with groups of friends and co-workers, some of them organizing on social networks.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...ed-moscow.html


After lengthy talking about Syria with my Russian friend, she said that the Russian regime is the same as the Syrian one! So will the Russians revolt against Putin and his mafia?

[hellheaven1987]

And replace Putin with what?

And lets remember the whole Russian bureaucracy is like a confederation of mafia - it is not Putin's fault, as it was like this since Soviet time.

[motiv-8]

And replace Putin with what?

And lets remember the whole Russian bureaucracy is like a confederation of mafia - it is not Putin's fault, as it was like this since Soviet time.

Yes, I agree. No one man could dismantle the exploitative system that was set up in Russia in the 90s, so Putin did the next best thing -- he put himself at the top of the totem pole.

[YukonTrooper]

And replace Putin with what?

[nhytgbvfeco2]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...ed-moscow.html


After lengthy talking about Syria with my Russian friend, she said that the Russian regime is the same as the Syrian one! So will the Russians revolt against Putin and his mafia?

I have relatives in Russia and i visit it every now and then, Putin really isn't all that bad.
And how that be compared to Syria where tens of thousands are being slaughtered?

[thelionheart]

And how that be compared to Syria where tens of thousands are being slaughtered?

pre-revolution Syria

[Babur]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2...ed-moscow.html


After lengthy talking about Syria with my Russian friend, she said that the Russian regime is the same as the Syrian one! So will the Russians revolt against Putin and his mafia?

I was in Russia last month, there was little hint of any upcoming revolution

[King Gambrinus]

Putins most dangerous opposition probably comes from (somehow) nostalgic Stalinists and Neo-Nazis. What does he have to fear?

[Enemy of the State]

The fact that a good portion of the opposition is mad at Putin for not being crazy enough is truly frightening.

[Heathen Hammer]

Putins most dangerous opposition probably comes from (somehow) nostalgic Stalinists and Neo-Nazis. What does he have to fear?

Not really, within the past couple of years he managed to piss of most of the country's population. I'd give him a few month, max year and a half before situation reaches the critical point.

[King Gambrinus]

Not really, within the past couple of years he managed to piss of most of the country's population. I'd give him a few month, max year and a half before situation reaches the critical point.

The democratic opposition is a shambles for the moment. They need to seriously get their act together, find a leader that won't be arrested and try to wrestle power from Putin politically, and if all else fails, violently.

I don't think Russians necessarily want the kind of Liberal Democracy you find in the West though...

[magpie]

I would say the chances of a revolt in Russia against Putin and his government are zero and mere wishful thinking by some malcontent,s.

[windsupernova]

Ummm, so claiming to be a Romanov might work now?

How are royalist sentiments on Russia atm?

[Babur]

What Russia needs:

[Comrade_Rory]

I giggle like a little girl every time I see the intro video for Red Alert 2.


Anyway, if Russia are going to have a revolution again, I hope they hurry up and do it because a couple of friends of mine and I are going on a huge trip through Russia in a couple of years.

[Condottiere 40K]

My gut feeling says Russia will implode, and the only thing holding it together will be the oligarchs' private security forces.

[Bobz]

I giggle like a little girl every time I see the intro video for Red Alert 2.

The days when EA were a decent publisher, and not the devil incarnate.

My gut feeling says Russia will implode, and the only thing holding it together will be the oligarchs' private security forces.

If it does, I do hope any breakaway states are in the Asian section. The last thing we need is too wait another hour for the Eurovision results - it's bad enough that the Balkans keep tearing each other to pieces.

[Manuel I Komnenos]

Oh, look, tens of thousands of protesters in a country of dozens millions. Meanwhile, in the USA, Australia, Italy, Spain.....

[motiv-8]

It's pretty silly to intimate that people actively protesting in the street are the only ones who have those feelings.

[Manuel I Komnenos]

It's pretty silly to intimate that people actively protesting in the street are the only ones who have those feelings.

It's pretty silly to intimate that just because some people don't like Putin, it means that nobody does.