Inside Krasnodar | 2008

Thanks to Colleen Winthrop for the heads-up on this refreshing take on the current state of relations between the US and Russia.

Here’s the link to the article by Justin Raimondo

Russians cast their votes in parliamentary elections on Sunday, with an overwhelming victory widely expected for Vladimir Putin’s United Russia Party – and yet we already knew what we were supposed to think of the whole process, with Western governments and media outlets (or do I repeat myself?) having already decided the whole thing was a farce well before a single vote was cast.

How did they know this?

Well, because Putin is supposedly the reincarnation of Joseph Stalin – in spite of the fact that he hasn’t jailed a single person on account of their political opinions, and the Russian gulag has long since disappeared into history. Yet the accusations against Putin have grown louder, even as Russia grows more prosperous and ordinary Russians are more supportive of their president – and therein lies a tale…..