'A Spectacle, A Farce, A Rigged Clown Show': Russia Watches As Putin Cruises Toward A Fifth Term
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With all political opposition eliminated and Russia firmly in the grip of what analysts call “mature authoritarianism,” the country prepares for a March presidential vote devoid of competition and, if the Kremlin has its way, ushers Vladimir Putin into another six-year term without surprises.
He's such an unfortunate-looking little man.
With all the plastic surgery and injections he undergoes I’m surprised he even looks hu-man.
I've heard that power is intoxicating, but I so rather retire, work on my garden, read books. I'm starting to think this guy riding a horse topless was just a staged photo op, and he has no personality IRL.
That's because you don't have power so you think that's what you would want to do in that position. It's the kind of stuff where we don't know until we're living it, like soldiers the first time they're faced with the possibility of ending someone's life...
Power affects people in different ways
Absolutely and we don't know how that kind of power would affect us because we've never been subjected to having it.
Correction, gay clown show.
Just remember, Trump is watching this and taking notes.