ClydeR
12-14-2017, 03:54 PM
Putin isn't sure what democracy really is, but he knows for sure what it is not..
“Competition should be taking place, of course, and it will be,” he continued.
“The question is about radicalism. Where is ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement? Where are those Saakashvilis who were running about calling for violent actions in the USA? Where are they now? Is it democracy or not? What is democracy then? It is a subject of a general discussion. And the government in Russia has never been afraid of anyone. But it must not resemble a peasant who is lazily picking cabbage out of his beard, while oligarchs are catching goldfish in troubled waters.
More... (https://eadaily.com/en/news/2017/12/14/putin-we-dont-want-and-wont-allow-second-edition-of-ukraine-for-russia)
https://i.imgur.com/GWGypIE.jpg
“Competition should be taking place, of course, and it will be,” he continued.
“The question is about radicalism. Where is ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement? Where are those Saakashvilis who were running about calling for violent actions in the USA? Where are they now? Is it democracy or not? What is democracy then? It is a subject of a general discussion. And the government in Russia has never been afraid of anyone. But it must not resemble a peasant who is lazily picking cabbage out of his beard, while oligarchs are catching goldfish in troubled waters.
More... (https://eadaily.com/en/news/2017/12/14/putin-we-dont-want-and-wont-allow-second-edition-of-ukraine-for-russia)
https://i.imgur.com/GWGypIE.jpg