After Putin's landslide victory, Russian protesters took to the streets, with accusations of fraud and corruption. Now that the protests have somewhat died down, the opposition has decided to try to infiltrate the Moscow City Council, which is firmly held by Putin loyalists. Mikhail Velmakin, a young politician, hopes that by being elected to the Council, he'll be able to get other people elected that represent the people and their needs, and loosen, and perhaps free Russia from Putin's grip.
I think that while the idea of this is a decent one, it'll probably be messier/harder to execute. Putin hasn't stayed in power for so long just by sitting around, and he's sure to catch a whiff of this and jail these people for some uppity reason or another.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/russia-protesters-take-up-politics/2012/03/26/gIQAuRZofS_story.html
No comments:
Post a Comment