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2012 presidential candidate to be chosen by ruling elite – Russia Profile editor
Published: 03 December, 2009, 19:39
Edited: 04 March, 2010, 04:16
Andrey Zolotov, Editor-in-chief of Russia Profile magazine, talks about the choice for the 2012 presidential elections. He says the candidate will be chosen by the ruling elite.
Big money and the money changers rule the current world. Is Russia an Exception? To find out track the big money and wealth of Russia. Is the wealth distributed in a fair manner? How many billionaires are in government positions? How rich are your top leaders? Billionaires? What is the quality of life for the average citizen in Russia? Are citizens being exploited so the billionaires can get richer? If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it may just be a duck {ruling elite money changers}.
Ruling elite or not, huge difference between two of them ! Vladimir PUTIN, he is one and only! Best PRESIDENT ever! Dangerous times are coming! Nobody would be better than Vladimir PUTIN for Russia and world ! President Medvedev would be better as Prime Minister, economy is his domain ! PUTIN 2012 !
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts even more. So the saying goes if i'm right. But putin is popular and shows his nationalism and pride in russia. They could have the clintons or obama nah they are corrupt liberals fundamentalist at that. Russia is in safe hands even if it is a cliq of elitist but they 'seem' to know what they are doing and moving away from the USA dominance, and its self inflicted problems, and going more towards asia for trade. For the time being but you never know someone always throws a spanner in the works.
Ruling Elite? So Putin and Medvedev are just figure heads to a hidden power? The same story as America? I am sorry, but I don't buy this cookie cutter type story. Ruling Elite in Russia during the 1990's that came to power due to people's desire to change from Communism to Western Democracy, led to great problems. There was many exploitations that left Russia in dire situations. Putin came to power and had a different, but similar problem Obama faced. Obama is just a face for a ruling Elite as he broke every campaign promise he made. He told people he would bring the troops home and they could take that to the bank, he didn't! He did the opposite. Why? The Federal Reserve and the Military Mechanisms are the true power brokers. Putin may have co workers with him that aren't in the spot light, but they are all working as one so if you know Putin you know the power. People trust him as he has improved the nation and also does what he says. So I disagree with this editor, that our government is a puppet show. Maybe at lower levels, but this has nothing to do with those who are in power and has more to do with corruption.