>How many Red Army soldiers who fought in WW2 fought also in the Russian Civil War on 1917-1921 against the Tsar. Red Army was founded by a jew Leon Trotsky.
And??? What are you talking about? Just some word splash to show your knowledge? I told about some respect to people who gave their lives, simple soldiers. Crushing monuments of that people in order to have some vengeance on the regime is dangerous and stupid thing and it stinks.
Idiots: Freedom of expressions clearly include the right to insult anyone you want. Besides tearing down Russian military monuments is not a statement about the war with fascism but about Russia's brutal occupation of their countries.
Russian soldiers that fought the Nazi's in the baltic states, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary, ect, ect had motives a little more complex then the best interests of their people. Now these countries r free DEAL WITH IT and do not want to be reminded of Russian occupiers in every park and public place.
So they just do some nazi's parades and honor nazi's veterans as freedom fighters.
Mm...don't you think it stinks? But I'am sure your pink glasses can handle that thing also. You just need some good logo for that: "Democracy","Freedom".
If your first step building democracy is destruction of people's memorials who fought FOR YOU in that war that means you've learnt nothing and you are building not a democracy but a shit tower, sooner or later it will fall on your head.
Russian soldiers did not fight for anyone besides their own dictatorship. If they had then eastern European and Baltic countries would have been free to go their own way after the war (like France) instead of having a Russian dictatorship imposed on them. By the way just b/c the Kremlin states that anti-Soviet Memorial demonstrations are fascist does not mean they r.
Yes: Russian's fought to survive. And 4 their future generations b/c the Nazis wanted to kill everyone. That does not mean that they did not ALSO fight to occupy other nations. Countries that r now free and can reject both Russia and these monuments if they want. And if u want to blame the massive past and present problems in Russia on the 'jews' you are just another simple minded sucker.
Russia didn't occupy, soviets did? Russia did gave freedom back to every republic, or not?
Everyone still forgets that for hundreds of years Russia had invested in healthcare, schools and infrastructure for each republic. All the people enjoyed social welfare and most of the economy used now is left by the old Empire.
Jews played a key role in the Russian revolution, that cannot be denied. But ofcourse as you say it is not the nation who is to blame.
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"Free Trade" is the corner stone of Capitalism. During this financial crisis, most Western countries start to do the protectionism and back off from "Free Trade". Only China is still promoting and doing the "Free Trade" everywhere in the world. This put these western capitalist countries into shame!
"democracy" is just a point of view, as much as is "good" and "evil", "peace" and "freedom". Everybody loves hearing those terms, but we all have different interpretations of them. Besides, if many Americans here believe in promoting "democracy", then why had they supported particularly brutal military regimes in Latin America, supporting the ANTITHESIS of "democracy"?
Western propaganda have abused this term. They try to say everything related to Soviet, Russia or China are not democratic. That is their propaganda strategy. They try to have the equations like these:
Democracy = freedom = human rights = capitalism
Communism = totalitarism = no freedom = no human rights
That is wrong! China is still totalitarian in political system, but they are even more capitalist tah most other Western countries.
Communism-freedom,human rights,equal rights,society not based on class,Workers and Pesants controlling production,lack of a wage gap,a government of the people,by the people,and for the people.
Russia in a Communist State under Putin's supremacy/authority would benefit the nation largely in my opinion, especially in the rise of the market economy, increasement of national GDP and quality of life in itself.
I know more than half of the Russia GDP is in the private sectors, but do you know exact percentage of the Russian GDP is in the private sectors?! That is an interesting number to know.
China has about 70% GDP in private sectors back in 2005 (and much more in 2008), that was why some academics started to call China as a Capitalist country.
A democractic government can be a very bad government. Corruptions are all over, poor GDP growth, ...Look around, these kind of "democratic" governments are all over the world..
A government with good governance is what the people wanted. Just like every great empire in the history, none of them got any "demoncracy", but they all have the great "governance" in oreder to be great.
The definition of democracy is the people have the means to participate in the management of their own affairs".
In order to manage their own affairs, they have to have free information flow and free news media to get the real information so they can make the judgment on how to manage their affair.
But free information flow or free news media has never happened in any country in the world.
The West is as good as anyone at controlling and manipulating the news media.
"Democracy" is not "freedom", is not "capitalism", is not "human rights". They are all unrelated.
The opposite of "demoncracy" is "totalitarism".
The opposite of "capitalism" is "communism".
All these terms are un-related.
A totalitarism can be capitalism, can be freedom, can be human rights, can be all the good things in the world, just like all these great empires in the history!
United States spent $529 billion military spending, (w/o hidden $702B) or about half of the total military spending of the world in 2006, and with 12.6% of her citizen (37 million) still living below the poverty level in 2006. If this government is not a "totalitarian", what will you call it? It is just a totalitarian government in a form that we have never been taught by the Western news media. It is a "TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT IN A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED FORM".
: In May, 2005 when Condoleezza Rice made the first EU visit as Secretary of State in Bush's second term. British news media criticized her ruthless in pushing US interests and talking without embarrassment about exporting Freedom and Democracy. Rice responded "There cannot be an absence of moral content of American foreign policy," she said "Europeans giggle at this, but we are not European, we are American, and we have different principles."
Democracy is bad. It's just the transition to an Oligarchy. A republic that is limited to a constitution and leaves the people free is the best system.
People in Germany democratically voted Nazi Party the parliament majority and appointed Adolf Hilter Fuhrer und Reichskanzier in 1934. Thats how the World War II and holocaust got started. George Bush got US people overwhelmingly supported him to invade Iraq in 2003, and four years later over 1.2 million Iraqi civilians died. Obviously there is no connection between Peace and Democracy.
@Awesome: British "The Lancet" study published in October 2006 estimated deaths related to the Iraq War since 2003 is 654,965 or 2.5% of the total Iraq population. One year later in Sept 2007, the independent British Opinion Research Business ("ORB") published that the estimated total war casualties 1,220,580 or 4.6% of the total Iraq population.
More information, Google "Iraq casualties Lancet ORB"
you are right, not at all. absolute majority of americans cheered use of atomic bombs against Japan that instantly killed some 250000 people. so, good democracy for internal use can be horrible in its external actions.
To be fair, if America hadn't dropped the bombs the war would of probably gone on for much longer and many more lives would be lost than those killed by the bombs. Of course, I'm reading now that Japan had contacted America beforehand and said that they wanted to reach an agreement. If that's the case then disregard that. >.>
@Obs: The hisorical documents indicate that Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated. This is what "The 1946 United States Strategic Bombing Survey" conclkuded.
Dwight D. Eisenhower. He wrote in his memoir "The White House Years" said the same thing. IT WAS NOT NECESSAY TO DROP THE UNCLEAR BOMB ON JAPAN.
George Bush visited and praised India in March 2006 as the oldest democracy in Asia and the biggest democracy in the world. What exactly how good is the oldest and biggest Democracy is? British historian Arnold Toynbee said at the end of World War II during the hot debate between the communism and democracy Lets dont argue, just wait for 50 years to see the two examples in front of us: Both China and India
Both China and India have huge population and both are miserably poverty-stricken and ruined from the war, now one starts with Communism, another Democracy After 55 years today, China is #1 in Foreign Reserves in the world (Japan #2). #2 in GDP (next to US), #2 in Export (next to Germany), #2 in Import (next to US), India is still eating dust and far behind. Most academics believe that it is the Democracy drags India behind.
Seriously I had a confused friend honestly tell me that WWII was started when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, what should we do lock him up?
lets say he was absolutely convinced of this there was nothing we could do to change his mind! should we send him to Japan for "Denial" Crimes? lets say he believe that Russia wasn't even in the war! nor Germany! for that matter! oh what an insult! how hurt I'd be to hear that i mean his thoughts they are overwhelming me! ??? how do i get away?! help!
This is insane, th eonly way thi sis not insane is if this is an interesting and clever way to make the Council of EU come to terms with a fundamental contraction in it's supposed policy of "freedom of speech", if there really support in the Russian Federation's leaders for a "Denial" law then it has got a long way to go....but not towards Democracy (who would want to?) but away from weakness, becasue it must be said, if a country (a whole country?) can not accept others view NO MATTER how CRAZY
well in that case what is it all for? one must ask? i have seen worse insults flying back and forth against politicians in this country, they are WORDS and opinions, if nations tremble at opinions then help us all. we are doomed.
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Democracy isn't something you just have one day after centuries of autocrats. we've never had one before. Well briefly in the early 90s and the country was in disarray. Inflation, economic troubles, no one respected Russia, Yeltsin was laughed at as an old incompetent drunk, the Baltic countries joined NATO, and all the state industry was sold off in sweetheart deals to very few connected people. The current swing back towards centralized power is a response to this weakness that Russians felt.
In Yeltsin's time leaders of Russia's regions were popularly elected by the local people. Since Putin they have been appointed by the president of the federation. Which is democracy?
There was apparently a widespread expectation in Russia that the accused would not be found guilty. This raises the question whether the accused were selected for the purpose of making a show of a trial so as to satisfy Western perceptions. On the point of democracy -- that is not the real issue. The real issue is whether the rule of law is upheld and respected. Even though UK citizens may not have liked the Iraq invasion, it was conducted according to proper legal authority within the UK.
awesome news. i personally saw speech of Putin. He was talking about moving into more European way living! He said, hes targeting to "unite" eroup en russia.
Some brothers of russia already taking wastern sides, and russia aint gona fight that. They see that Europian democracy is pretty nice!!!
Hope that will happen. Even tho there need to be a LOT of work done first.
Idiot Comments
Kombat451 3 years ago
>How many Red Army soldiers who fought in WW2 fought also in the Russian Civil War on 1917-1921 against the Tsar. Red Army was founded by a jew Leon Trotsky.
And??? What are you talking about? Just some word splash to show your knowledge? I told about some respect to people who gave their lives, simple soldiers. Crushing monuments of that people in order to have some vengeance on the regime is dangerous and stupid thing and it stinks.
XorLavir 3 years ago 2
if you really believe that the Russian elite will ever give their people true freedom\
better get an aspirin
dwalsh930 3 years ago
I did not kill anybody and the Romanov Czars did not deserve to be killed.
Dudtz 3 years ago
Idiots: Freedom of expressions clearly include the right to insult anyone you want. Besides tearing down Russian military monuments is not a statement about the war with fascism but about Russia's brutal occupation of their countries.
rantrandomly 3 years ago
> tearing down Russian military monuments is not a statement about the war with fascism but about Russia's brutal occupation of their countries.
So Holocaust is not about killing jews is just vengeance for killing Jesus?
How old are you?
Crushing monuments of people who gave their lives for them is good way to show how awful was communism! Nice way founded!
XorLavir 3 years ago
Russian soldiers that fought the Nazi's in the baltic states, Ukraine, Poland, Romania, Hungary, ect, ect had motives a little more complex then the best interests of their people. Now these countries r free DEAL WITH IT and do not want to be reminded of Russian occupiers in every park and public place.
rantrandomly 3 years ago
So they just do some nazi's parades and honor nazi's veterans as freedom fighters.
Mm...don't you think it stinks? But I'am sure your pink glasses can handle that thing also. You just need some good logo for that: "Democracy","Freedom".
If your first step building democracy is destruction of people's memorials who fought FOR YOU in that war that means you've learnt nothing and you are building not a democracy but a shit tower, sooner or later it will fall on your head.
XorLavir 3 years ago
Russian soldiers did not fight for anyone besides their own dictatorship. If they had then eastern European and Baltic countries would have been free to go their own way after the war (like France) instead of having a Russian dictatorship imposed on them. By the way just b/c the Kremlin states that anti-Soviet Memorial demonstrations are fascist does not mean they r.
rantrandomly 3 years ago
Russian soldiers fought because they had to, it was either getting slaughtered by the Germans or surviving by fighting.
Russians didn't fight for dictatorship, they fought for their future generations.
What the jews planned in its dictator government is a different chapter.
JackDanielsFinest 3 years ago 2
Yes: Russian's fought to survive. And 4 their future generations b/c the Nazis wanted to kill everyone. That does not mean that they did not ALSO fight to occupy other nations. Countries that r now free and can reject both Russia and these monuments if they want. And if u want to blame the massive past and present problems in Russia on the 'jews' you are just another simple minded sucker.
rantrandomly 3 years ago
Russia didn't occupy, soviets did? Russia did gave freedom back to every republic, or not?
Everyone still forgets that for hundreds of years Russia had invested in healthcare, schools and infrastructure for each republic. All the people enjoyed social welfare and most of the economy used now is left by the old Empire.
Jews played a key role in the Russian revolution, that cannot be denied. But ofcourse as you say it is not the nation who is to blame.
JackDanielsFinest 3 years ago
this is very interesting,you say russians fought the nazi's to survive,so can you tell me why there is a massive rise in nazism in russia?
jamierourketen 3 years ago
>why there is a massive rise in nazism in russia
In South-Park Kenny dies(died) in every episode. Believe that? In reality of this? Why I am saying that? Read MORE papers, MORE and believe everything they say. EVERYTHING. And in the ages of 40-50 you will be awesome pundit, totally illusioned, snob and self-important!
Watson: But, Holmes, they wrote that in "Times"!
Watson is always a stupid as*4ole)
XorLavir 3 years ago
"Free Trade" is the corner stone of Capitalism. During this financial crisis, most Western countries start to do the protectionism and back off from "Free Trade". Only China is still promoting and doing the "Free Trade" everywhere in the world. This put these western capitalist countries into shame!
AntiDefm 3 years ago
"democracy" is just a point of view, as much as is "good" and "evil", "peace" and "freedom". Everybody loves hearing those terms, but we all have different interpretations of them. Besides, if many Americans here believe in promoting "democracy", then why had they supported particularly brutal military regimes in Latin America, supporting the ANTITHESIS of "democracy"?
DNchap1417 3 years ago 2
"Domocracy" is well defined in the dictionary.
Western propaganda have abused this term. They try to say everything related to Soviet, Russia or China are not democratic. That is their propaganda strategy. They try to have the equations like these:
Democracy = freedom = human rights = capitalism
Communism = totalitarism = no freedom = no human rights
That is wrong! China is still totalitarian in political system, but they are even more capitalist tah most other Western countries.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
You are wrong about communism,
Communism-freedom,human rights,equal rights,society not based on class,Workers and Pesants controlling production,lack of a wage gap,a government of the people,by the people,and for the people.
Dudtz 3 years ago
Russia in a Communist State under Putin's supremacy/authority would benefit the nation largely in my opinion, especially in the rise of the market economy, increasement of national GDP and quality of life in itself.
MoskvaPeterburg 3 years ago
I know more than half of the Russia GDP is in the private sectors, but do you know exact percentage of the Russian GDP is in the private sectors?! That is an interesting number to know.
China has about 70% GDP in private sectors back in 2005 (and much more in 2008), that was why some academics started to call China as a Capitalist country.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
What matters is the "governance" of a government.
A democractic government can be a very bad government. Corruptions are all over, poor GDP growth, ...Look around, these kind of "democratic" governments are all over the world..
A government with good governance is what the people wanted. Just like every great empire in the history, none of them got any "demoncracy", but they all have the great "governance" in oreder to be great.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
The definition of democracy is the people have the means to participate in the management of their own affairs".
In order to manage their own affairs, they have to have free information flow and free news media to get the real information so they can make the judgment on how to manage their affair.
But free information flow or free news media has never happened in any country in the world.
The West is as good as anyone at controlling and manipulating the news media.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
That was how Bush got overwhelmingly support to invade Iraq in 2003, and got relected second term in 2005.
More information about how the news media is controlled in teh West, search and watch videos on youTube:
"Noam Chomsky Manufacturing Consent"
AntiDefm 3 years ago
"Democracy - is not freedom"
dancecosmic 3 years ago
That is right!
"Democracy" is not "freedom", is not "capitalism", is not "human rights". They are all unrelated.
The opposite of "demoncracy" is "totalitarism".
The opposite of "capitalism" is "communism".
All these terms are un-related.
A totalitarism can be capitalism, can be freedom, can be human rights, can be all the good things in the world, just like all these great empires in the history!
AntiDefm 3 years ago
China is "kind of" totalitarian, but they are the best capitalist in the world now!
The economic growth that China has in the past 30 years has never been achieved by any country in the world.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
Democracy has never been tried...
GeoliphicMedia 3 years ago
The question is exactly what "democrcay" can do for a country?! We have seen plenty examples of "democrcay" countries of no good:
"Democracy" doesn't bring you higher GDP or living standards,
"Democracy" doesn't bring you the harmony of the society,
"Democracy" doesn't bring you a government without corruption,
"Democracy" doesn't bring you the peace, either domestically or internationally.
Worst of all, the whole society is a mess when the election comes everytime!
AntiDefm 3 years ago
United States spent $529 billion military spending, (w/o hidden $702B) or about half of the total military spending of the world in 2006, and with 12.6% of her citizen (37 million) still living below the poverty level in 2006. If this government is not a "totalitarian", what will you call it? It is just a totalitarian government in a form that we have never been taught by the Western news media. It is a "TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT IN A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED FORM".
AntiDefm 3 years ago
: In May, 2005 when Condoleezza Rice made the first EU visit as Secretary of State in Bush's second term. British news media criticized her ruthless in pushing US interests and talking without embarrassment about exporting Freedom and Democracy. Rice responded "There cannot be an absence of moral content of American foreign policy," she said "Europeans giggle at this, but we are not European, we are American, and we have different principles."
AntiDefm 3 years ago
Democracy is bad. It's just the transition to an Oligarchy. A republic that is limited to a constitution and leaves the people free is the best system.
sniper6081 3 years ago
'Democracy' is an easily undermined sham.
Rbhus 3 years ago
Youre not truly a democracy unless you allow the people to make up their own mind about doing drugs. Smoke Weed!
saytenvideos 3 years ago
democracy? Why not a republic?
erikarabin8924 3 years ago
People in Germany democratically voted Nazi Party the parliament majority and appointed Adolf Hilter Fuhrer und Reichskanzier in 1934. Thats how the World War II and holocaust got started. George Bush got US people overwhelmingly supported him to invade Iraq in 2003, and four years later over 1.2 million Iraqi civilians died. Obviously there is no connection between Peace and Democracy.
AntiDefm 3 years ago 2
1.2 million, can you tell me your source, yea im sure plenty of civilians have died but is it really that many?
Awesomeness104 3 years ago
@Awesome: British "The Lancet" study published in October 2006 estimated deaths related to the Iraq War since 2003 is 654,965 or 2.5% of the total Iraq population. One year later in Sept 2007, the independent British Opinion Research Business ("ORB") published that the estimated total war casualties 1,220,580 or 4.6% of the total Iraq population.
More information, Google "Iraq casualties Lancet ORB"
AntiDefm 3 years ago
you are right, not at all. absolute majority of americans cheered use of atomic bombs against Japan that instantly killed some 250000 people. so, good democracy for internal use can be horrible in its external actions.
mikkitiny 3 years ago 2
To be fair, if America hadn't dropped the bombs the war would of probably gone on for much longer and many more lives would be lost than those killed by the bombs. Of course, I'm reading now that Japan had contacted America beforehand and said that they wanted to reach an agreement. If that's the case then disregard that. >.>
ObsTheGreat 3 years ago
@Obs: The hisorical documents indicate that Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated. This is what "The 1946 United States Strategic Bombing Survey" conclkuded.
Dwight D. Eisenhower. He wrote in his memoir "The White House Years" said the same thing. IT WAS NOT NECESSAY TO DROP THE UNCLEAR BOMB ON JAPAN.
More information, Google it!
AntiDefm 3 years ago
*nodnod*
Now I have come to a conclusion for my paper on whether it was right to drop the bombs or not, thank you. :P
ObsTheGreat 3 years ago
George Bush visited and praised India in March 2006 as the oldest democracy in Asia and the biggest democracy in the world. What exactly how good is the oldest and biggest Democracy is? British historian Arnold Toynbee said at the end of World War II during the hot debate between the communism and democracy Lets dont argue, just wait for 50 years to see the two examples in front of us: Both China and India
AntiDefm 3 years ago
Both China and India have huge population and both are miserably poverty-stricken and ruined from the war, now one starts with Communism, another Democracy After 55 years today, China is #1 in Foreign Reserves in the world (Japan #2). #2 in GDP (next to US), #2 in Export (next to Germany), #2 in Import (next to US), India is still eating dust and far behind. Most academics believe that it is the Democracy drags India behind.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
Welcome to "Democracy" to akll the ex-Soviet countries!
"Democracy" doesn't bring you higher GDP or living standards,
"Democracy" doesn't bring you the harmony of the society,
"Democracy" doesn't bring you a government without corruption,
"Democracy" doesn't bring you the peace, either domestically or internationally.
Look at China and, stop being brainwashed by the West.
AntiDefm 3 years ago
C'mon, RussiaToday, you can do much better report than this garbage. Why don'y you do a report on "What good the democracy is"?!
AntiDefm 3 years ago
Terry Davis should die of cancer the sick fuck I hope his entire family vanishes off the face of the earth the fucking seljuk turd.
MyTerrain 3 years ago
Seriously I had a confused friend honestly tell me that WWII was started when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, what should we do lock him up?
lets say he was absolutely convinced of this there was nothing we could do to change his mind! should we send him to Japan for "Denial" Crimes? lets say he believe that Russia wasn't even in the war! nor Germany! for that matter! oh what an insult! how hurt I'd be to hear that i mean his thoughts they are overwhelming me! ??? how do i get away?! help!
theblackBay 3 years ago
let the uneducated ones die peacefully, don't teach or touch'em. lol
VictorWasechkin 3 years ago
This is insane, th eonly way thi sis not insane is if this is an interesting and clever way to make the Council of EU come to terms with a fundamental contraction in it's supposed policy of "freedom of speech", if there really support in the Russian Federation's leaders for a "Denial" law then it has got a long way to go....but not towards Democracy (who would want to?) but away from weakness, becasue it must be said, if a country (a whole country?) can not accept others view NO MATTER how CRAZY
theblackBay 3 years ago
well in that case what is it all for? one must ask? i have seen worse insults flying back and forth against politicians in this country, they are WORDS and opinions, if nations tremble at opinions then help us all. we are doomed.
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LoveAmericaStyle 3 years ago
Democracy isn't something you just have one day after centuries of autocrats. we've never had one before. Well briefly in the early 90s and the country was in disarray. Inflation, economic troubles, no one respected Russia, Yeltsin was laughed at as an old incompetent drunk, the Baltic countries joined NATO, and all the state industry was sold off in sweetheart deals to very few connected people. The current swing back towards centralized power is a response to this weakness that Russians felt.
MadRussianStudent 3 years ago
So true..
Gregman420 3 years ago
Local leaders selected by Moscow, the press living in fear, demonstrations broken up by police, Russia has quite a long way to go for democracy.
abarzilai664 3 years ago
why european court has any "human rights" cases in Russia? They have no jurisdiction in Russia. Those f***ng bureaucrats believe they rule the world?
sinitskyd 3 years ago 2
Democracy lol .... I can tell ya where to stick democracy and you wont like it.
Edgrot 3 years ago
In Yeltsin's time leaders of Russia's regions were popularly elected by the local people. Since Putin they have been appointed by the president of the federation. Which is democracy?
nuikaus 3 years ago
you do know that during Yeltsin the country was ruled by the mob?
now some sense of order restored and the life improved
which is the reason for Putin/Medvedevs high approval rating
GermaineIlya 3 years ago
There was apparently a widespread expectation in Russia that the accused would not be found guilty. This raises the question whether the accused were selected for the purpose of making a show of a trial so as to satisfy Western perceptions. On the point of democracy -- that is not the real issue. The real issue is whether the rule of law is upheld and respected. Even though UK citizens may not have liked the Iraq invasion, it was conducted according to proper legal authority within the UK.
mattlewis66 3 years ago 2
RUSSIA ANTI SEMITE HAVEN.
1mommas 3 years ago
Russian president is a Jew or a half Jew
what the fuck are you talking about?
GermaineIlya 3 years ago
Интересно, вы сами верите в это?...
cow90boy 3 years ago
awesome news. i personally saw speech of Putin. He was talking about moving into more European way living! He said, hes targeting to "unite" eroup en russia.
Some brothers of russia already taking wastern sides, and russia aint gona fight that. They see that Europian democracy is pretty nice!!!
Hope that will happen. Even tho there need to be a LOT of work done first.
Haik0 3 years ago
its nice not to see a anti-west russian for once..^^
theGoldenAgeOfBoredo 3 years ago