Those Of Us That Remember The Cold War Start Digging Up Your Winter Coats Again
Russia: A totalitarian regime in thrall to a Tsar who’s creating the new Facist empire
By JONATHAN DIMBLEBY -
As ex-President Putin settles in to his new role as Prime Minister, he has every reason to congratulate himself. He is the puppet master of recently “elected” Dmitry Medvedev.
“After all, he has not only written the script for his constitutional coup d’etat, but staged the play and given himself the starring role as well.”
“Of course, he has given a walk-on role to Dmitry Medvedev, his personally anointed successor.”
“No decision of any significance for the Russian people or the rest of us will be made in the foreseeable future without the say - so of Medvedev’s unsmiling master.”
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