Russian Elections have led to the biggest protests seen in years in Moscow. The BBC is on the case, sure that democracy thing has not worked too well in Russia. Mind you it is not going that well in Greece or Italy right now either.
And DPF evokes the Arab spring in his post on the matter - I'm not entirely sure the outcome of that is all that positive.
I was reminded of the time George Bush gave Vladimir Putin a lecture on the workings of Democracy
In any case the protesters in Moscow did their thing and may do it some more, perhaps not always entirely sure what it is they seek.
One summed up his reason for protesting thus
And DPF evokes the Arab spring in his post on the matter - I'm not entirely sure the outcome of that is all that positive.
I was reminded of the time George Bush gave Vladimir Putin a lecture on the workings of Democracy
In any case the protesters in Moscow did their thing and may do it some more, perhaps not always entirely sure what it is they seek.
One summed up his reason for protesting thus
I didn't vote for those bastards, I voted for some other bastardsAnd those are sentiments that many living in democracies whose functionality perhaps lies in they eye of the beholder can relate to.