re: #182 ericblair

The country has had the same sort of kleptocratic autocracy that a lot of Central Asian countries got stuck with, and that’s the root of this, but it’s surprising to me that the protestors want such a sharp break from Moscow. That wasn’t in the initial demands of Ukrainian or Belarusian protestors, but it ended up that way because Putin can’t tolerate any sort of democratic government in what he considers Russia’s possessions. Maybe the protestors are just getting ahead of the game.

I am waiting for all the Putinversteher over at moonofalabama.org to start explaining how this is a Western Capitalist Warmongering ploy to surround Russia with hostile governments in advance of colonizing Russia and taking its resources…