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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (88339)	11/2/2007 6:14:41 AM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

You are too pessimistic, IMHO. Despite all this Shrub's "Russia is evil" stuff, it is now a democracy. Quite a few organized crime problems, I agree, but Putin will go. It remains to be seen if his party will. Even if the communist party gets to rule Russia again, which is not at all likely IMHO, I doubt that will push the country back to the old ways. They are not banned, and popular among the older, dying generation. The communists will destroy whatever Russia has achieved economically in 4 years, then get replaced -g- Russia has been copying the US in a lot of ways to build a democratic society and a market economy. This is NOT even like China. rferl.org

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (88339)	11/2/2007 7:13:50 AM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Well, it appears you are right, Putin's party will not go. The new president will, most likely, be a nominee of "United Russia", which is now the KGB clan. However, there will be changes. It is highly unlikely that Putin will preserve his powers. Those will be passed on to the new guy. And, when there is a new guy in Russia, there is always change, for better or for worse. Putin could come back again in 2012, and be the president until 2020. My hope is the KGB rule will end. We'll see though.