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psychicscubadiver on 25 April 2016
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Sharu said:
Nem said:

Hi! From the other thread is would like to continue the conversation. i am very interested to know what you have to say.

Sharu said:
Nem said:
 


Did you miss the part where the russian president fled from the country? Yes, there is plenty wrong with the russian parliament. Its a scham. The elections are fixed aswell, so nope. Its still a dictatorship in practice. It just tries to look like its not, and badly at that.




Well, thats what i heard from the news. Not my fault if its innacurate. Though i would like to be enlighted on your side of the events.

Though i especially would like for you to explain to me how it isnt a dictatorship, because Putin just keeps swapping between the president and prime minister positions to stay in power. I would like to see you say he doesnt have control over the powers of both those positions.

Again a hard question. From my point of view, this is acceptable on two reasons.

1. People are living better since Putin get to power.

2. People support him.

From the law point of view they made it the way that its 100% legal. And since most of Russia support Putin we close our eyes on some things. ))
Btw, if I know correctly, Rusvelt also was a president 3 times, even against some American laws. Should you call him a dictator because of this?

Not really interested in the Putin discussion, but I wanted to clear up a misapprehension. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the office of President four times. There was a custom (not a law) that since George Washington (the first president) only served two terms (voluntarily as he probably could have run the country as long as he wanted), that all following presidents only served two terms. FDR chose not to follow this custom and ran four times, getting elected each time until his death in office. FDR is not considered a dictator, but it was feared that someone in the future could use that loophole to keep power indefinitely, so Congress made a law restricting everyone to two terms.

As for questions...

How powerful are the Bratva? Does the average citizen in Russia have to really watch their backs on was my friend putting me on?

A guy from Siberia also told me that out there they don't have Santa Claus/Saint Nicholas, but some other winter gift-giver. Is that true? 

Do older Russians, those that lived under the USSR, bear a grudge towards the USA or Western Europe?

Is chess as popular in Russia as it is shown in the media?