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steve2470

(37,457 posts)
Sun Mar 4, 2012, 12:45 AM Mar 2012

Fear of Return to ’90s Hardship Fuels Support for Putin

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/04/world/europe/in-russia-vote-fear-of-hardship-fuels-putin-support.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Most said they were aware of the recent protests in Moscow. But they had little good to say about them.

“A nuthouse” is how the manager of a women’s clothing store named Angelina described the protests.

Her colleague chimed in, “That’s for people who have free time and don’t have to work for a living.” Both had taken a smoking break and were standing under a large campaign billboard with Mr. Putin’s face and the slogan “A Great Country; a Strong Leader.”


We are in serious trouble if we ever regard OWS the same way these people regard the Moscow protests.
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