tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post3724373851821570649..comments2024-03-28T06:17:25.578-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Governance in the Russian FederationThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-83345119613105562182010-10-02T01:18:30.134-06:002010-10-02T01:18:30.134-06:00See this article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/techn...See this article:<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8194395.stmThe Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-75166149035531685342010-10-02T00:38:42.890-06:002010-10-02T00:38:42.890-06:00Yes, there are Russian bloggers and if they are po...Yes, there are Russian bloggers and if they are politically critical, I expect they are under surveillance and likely harassed. It takes a great deal of bravery to fight the establishment in Russia. Get too reform minded and they will take you out. Even Medvedev whom I suspect is a decent chap who would like to do all he says is powerless to really effect change.The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-71011712166468001832010-10-01T22:56:57.072-06:002010-10-01T22:56:57.072-06:00Are there such things as Russian bloggers?Are there such things as Russian bloggers?Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-61151919265316347022010-10-01T22:49:09.921-06:002010-10-01T22:49:09.921-06:00The more things change the more they stay the same...The more things change the more they stay the same. <br /><br />What about the Russian bloggers?Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-25281156210668975392010-10-01T12:34:25.483-06:002010-10-01T12:34:25.483-06:00If you credit Hitler with EVERY death associated w...If you credit Hitler with EVERY death associated with WWII, Stalin killed more in his 30 year reign of terror but they were his own people. The terror was applied at random. Russia is not there yet by a long shot. Having enjoyed free speech of a sort only for the Yeltsin years, things are just back to "normal". All dissidence is crushed, true, but if you are not a dissident there is The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-3687824267437498522010-09-30T22:25:50.917-06:002010-09-30T22:25:50.917-06:00All so very very sad. And no different from Stalin...All so very very sad. And no different from Stalinism.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.com