re: #12 Sergey Romanov

I think it was not out of place when such comparisons were made in regard to, say, Ahmadinejad. I also think it’s apt to describe the current Russia as Weimar Russia. Not meaning that there will necessary be an ultranationalist power with bloody consequences, but to denote that there is such a serious possibility if the current regime crumbles.

I agree with #2, but not #1. Ahmadinejad may be dangerous, but he is not a radical change from the immediate past in his country.