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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Duncan Baird who started this subject9/7/2004 5:52:48 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1574752
 
Things in Russia are not good and I suspect no one is watching.

<font color=brown>"Just six months after riding a huge wave of popularity into a second term, Mr. Putin found himself facing the most direct criticism of his tenure.

"The president's contract with the people is not being fulfilled," wrote Vladimir Ryzhkov, an outspoken independent lawmaker, in the newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta.

"The point to consider here is that President Putin has been given a vast amount of power — personal power," he wrote. "The Parliament, the political parties and the media have retreated into the background. Essentially, they are no longer independent. The president was awarded a contract to restore order in Russia and ensure that Russia's people are safe. Today we see that this contract has been broken.""
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