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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (105822)	4/25/2014 1:02:37 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 217739

Americans know that Russia and Putin are the bad guys because they have seen Rocky 1, 2, 3, 4 Bad guys? I think there are some very good Russians.. People who want to end the blatant corruption and oligarchical and autocratic trends.. Just as many Americans see the same thing in the US and are opposing it.. The only difference is that in Russia, you get killed if you publicly oppose Putin and his cronies (see how many investigative reporters have died there), while in the US you get financially "reamed" by audits and gov't confiscations.. Putin has won most of his elections by repressing his opposition and keeping them from having equal access to the political system. It used to be that regional Oblast government was elected, until Putin basically stated that he would select them and the local legislature would approve them.. (and they always get approved.. ) Hawk