Bartosz Wasilewski on "Russia’s seeds of change"

Bartosz Wasilewski — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:48:27 +0000

Putin isn't fool - he doesn't persecute a young liberal Russians because of their weakness. In this case, Putin has good relationship with the West without any problems in his country. If opposition grow in strenght, Putin will crush them. That's my humble opinion :) Sorry of my English ;( www.ego.wot.pl a new Internet newspaper

Russia’s seeds of change, Anna Sevortian

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:47:32 +0000

The campaign for the elections to the Duma (parliament) in Russia on 2 December 2007 is being conducted amid what looks like a wall of popular indifference.This should in principle be the moment when Russians recover their passion for politics; yet it often seems that those most concerned about the fate of democracy in Russia are non-Russians.

Anna Sevortian works at the Center for the Development of Democracy and Human Rights in Moscow

But look below the surface and something else is visible - something that should perhaps provoke less despair and more curiosity among western observers. For it's not that Russians do not care. It's just that they are engaged in influencing the future of their country in a different way than many outsiders expect or some of their own political leaders would like.

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Bartosz Wasilewski on "Russia’s seeds of change"

Russia’s seeds of change, Anna Sevortian