This could be a problem

[afs]

Putin dissolves Russian government.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/12/russia.parliament.ap/index.html

:pop:

[swardboy]

This IS a problem.

Putin is annointing his successor.....pesky democracy.

[jeremy885]

This happens all the time in European style democracies. Poland did the same thing last week.

[JohnnyMack]

Y'all still think he's just gonna go quietly into the night?

[royalfan5]

That's pretty much standard for a Parlimentary system. Italy will probably do it twice this year. In any event, Putin and the ex-KGB apparatus had control before, and they will have control after.

[JohnnyMack]

Oooh, and they have a new toy too:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/12/russia.bomb.ap/index.html

D.O.A.B.

[Scott D]

hmm...Ivanov must be as close to a hardliner as Putin is if Vlad's willing to name him as a potential successor.

[StoopTroup]

Oooh, and they have a new toy too:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/12/russia.bomb.ap/index.html

D.O.A.B.


Unlike a nuclear weapon, the bomb doesn't hurt the environment, he added.


Wonder if P.E.T.A. and Greenpeace gave the D.O.A.B. a thumbs up....lol

[SoonerProphet]

http://washingtonrealist.blogspot.com/

[SoonerBOI]

Cold war again?

[mikeelikee]

Putin is the reincarnation of Stalin. Say hello to the new Soviet Union. Not what I call progress. :(

[JohnnyMack]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21082810/

[limey_sooner]

Nothing to worry about. After all GWB said "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straight forward and trustworthy and we had a very good dialogue."