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Thread ID: 11408 | Posts: 9 | Started: 2003-12-08
2003-12-08 20:06 | User Profile
*Guess what, the zhid-approved parties have lost. Hence the elections were "non-democratic". Smash the zhids, save Russia. *
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press Writer
MOSCOW - Allies of President Vladimir Putin (news - web sites) won a sweeping victory in parliamentary balloting, but the White House expressed concern Monday over the election's fairness and human rights officials condemned the vote as a retreat from Russia's democratic reforms.
**With more than 98 percent of the vote counted, United Russia ââ¬â a pro-Putin party led by Cabinet ministers ââ¬â won 37.1 percent, leaving its rivals far behind, Central Election Commission Chairman Alexander Veshnyakov said at a news conference.
The Communists were next, with 12.7 percent, followed by the party of flamboyant nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky ââ¬â the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia ââ¬â at 11.6 percent. Homeland, a new, apparently Kremlin-approved patriotic grouping formed to syphon votes from the Communists, had 9.1 percent, preliminary results showed. Smaller parties accounted for the remaining percentages.**
Putin, speaking on television, called the elections "another step in strengthening Russia's democracy."
But international observers delivered a blistering assessment of the vote, calling it free but not fair. Taxpayer money and state television was used to benefit a few parties, monitors said in their criticism.
The head of the parliamentary assembly for the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe, Bruce George, told reporters at a news conference that the ballot "failed to meet ... international standards."
"Our main impression of the overall electoral process was ... one of regression in the democratization of this country," he said.
He expressed concern that, because of the use of administrative resources and the biased media, legitimate democratic opposition parties would not get the 5 percent of the vote they need to enter parliament.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan noted the OSCE's "concerns about the fairness of the election campaign. We share those concerns."
He said he hoped Russian lawmakers would "press ahead on a reform agenda and support the United States-Russia partnership."
"We support Russia's continued efforts to press ahead with both political and economic reform, building those institutions of democracy that are important to free and democratic states," said McClellan.
Russia's two main liberal parties, Yabloko and the Union of Right Forces, known by its Russian acronym SPS, were below the 5 percent minimum.
Voter turnout appeared lower than past elections, with many Russians disillusioned and uninspired by the generally lackluster campaign. Veshnyakov told reporters that turnout was at 56 percent as compared to 62 percent recorded during the previous Duma vote, in 1999.
Nearly 5 percent of the electorate ââ¬â or about 2.8 million people ââ¬â voted to reject all candidates. The protest votes mean that in four constituencies, run-off elections must be held, election officials said.
United Russia's winning more of the 450 seats in the State Duma, the lower parliament house, should make it easier for Putin to push through market-oriented economic reforms he has promised and to cut the bureaucracy that stifles Russian growth.
It would also give Putin a stronger hand as he heads into what seems sure to be a second term after the presidential ballot next March.
"The United Russia party has won, the president has won. That means that democratic reforms in Russia will continue. This is a serious victory we can rightly be proud of," said Lyubov Sliska, a top figure in United Russia.
Kremlin critics, however, fear too much power for Putin could prompt a drift closer to authoritarianism.
Nikolai, a 54-year-old entrepreneur in Moscow who gave only his first name, said he did not vote for United Russia "because the state is in danger: the danger of single-party rule."
Analysts said United Russia and its allies were angling for a two-thirds majority required to make constitutional changes ââ¬â a lever they could use to extend Putin's term or let him run for a third term, provided the pliant upper parliament house, Russia's regional legislatures and the president himself approve.
The surprisingly strong showing by the ultranationalist Zhirinovsky's LDPR might also help the Kremlin. In the outgoing Duma, the LDPR almost always voted the Kremlin line despite Zhirinovsky's fiery statements and populist politicking.
The chief of the liberal SPS, Boris Nemtsov, expressed alarm at the strong showings by United Russia and the nationalist parties, suggesting they will act together to tighten government control over the economy and society.
"The majority will belong to those who stand for a police state, for curtailing civic freedoms, for shutting down independent judicial authority" and for antagonistic relations with Russia's neighbors and the West, Nemtsov said on television.
Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov dismissed the elections as a "disgusting show ... that has nothing to do with democracy." The head of the Communists' Moscow branch, Alexander Kuvayev, claimed widespread violations in the capital, including ballot-box stuffing and votes cast for dead people.
He vowed the party would protest what he said were falsified results, the Interfax news agency reported.
Half the Duma seats will be distributed proportionately among the parties winning more than 5 percent of the nationwide vote, while the other 225 seats will be filled by the winners of individual district races, who may or may not be affiliated with a party.
The full extent of the Kremlin's power over the Duma will not be clear until after results from the district races ââ¬â and the allegiance of independent deputies ââ¬â is known.
2003-12-08 20:19 | User Profile
Commies and liberals are complaining. Of course, it's the media that biased the elections. Very little credit is given to what Russians are actually thinking. Very interesting how the power of the media control is accepted here. But denied when media is controlled in "democratic" countries.
[SIZE=3][B]Putin Party Wins Russian Parliament Poll[/B][/SIZE] Mon Dec 8,11:00 AM ET
By Oliver Bullough
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday hailed as a step toward democracy the poll that stacked parliament with his allies but Western observers called it "overwhelmingly distorted" and Washington expressed concern.
The fourth such election since the Soviet Union's collapse crushed Putin's Communist and liberal opponents -- prompting warnings of a return to authoritarian rule -- and effectively guaranteed him a second term in March's presidential poll.
It could also give him enough votes to change the constitution so he can run for a third term.
Putin's supporters say the pro-Kremlin majority will hand the ex-KGB spy more powers to push economic reform and fight corruption. Critics fear the death of democracy after a strong nationalist showing all but wiped out liberal parties.
"The election is another step in strengthening democracy in the Russian Federation," Putin told senior officials.
But the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, a rights and democracy watchdog, said the vote was skewed by the use of state resources to promote pro-Putin United Russia.
"In this election the enormous advantage of incumbency and access to state equipment, resources and buildings led to the election result being overwhelmingly distorted," said Bruce George, president of the OSCE's parliamentary assembly.
"It is even more regrettable that the main impression of the overall electoral process is that it was one of regression in the democratization process of this country," he added
In Washington, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said: "We share those concerns."
The leader of the Communist Party, facing a second death after its rebirth in the chaos of the 1990s, called the election a farce and accused the Kremlin of rigging the vote.
"You are all participants in a revolting spectacle which for some reason is called an election," Gennady Zyuganov said.
"TOGETHER WITH THE PRESIDENT"
Created by the Kremlin for the last election in 1999 to help Putin's rise to power, United Russia won 37.1 percent of the vote, the central election commission said. Its slogan was "Together with the President."
The communists -- Putin's main opposition -- had only 12.7 percent, well down from the 24 percent they won in 1999.
Ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky's party -- which backs the Kremlin on key issues -- won 11.6 percent and Motherland, seen by many as a Kremlin creation to draw off votes from the communists, had 9.1 percent.
That means the pro-Kremlin bloc could get the two-thirds majority needed to change the constitution to allow Putin a third four-year term -- although he ruled that out in June.
The vote reflected widespread support for Putin's efforts to restore central control since succeeding Boris Yeltsin in 2000 and ending the chaos of the early reform years.
**"Yesterday's election shows what the Russian people actually think: they are stridently nationalist, want wealth redistributed and have little interest in liberal or democratic values," Aton brokerage said in a research note.
Russian stocks closed higher as the market**, still jittery over a Kremlin-led attack on Russia's richest businessman, saw new hope for economic reforms.
Former YUKOS chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in October on charges of tax evasion and fraud, raising fears that the Kremlin might review results of 1990s privatisations.
2003-12-08 23:03 | User Profile
"Nationalist?" "Nationalist?" Dat not be good for the Jews......Hymie no-no-no likey. Dat could lead to.....anti-....anti-......uhhmmmm.....anti-Sandal-ism!
Beware of the barefoot people.
:shocking:
2003-12-08 23:44 | User Profile
Another nugget:
"Yesterday's election shows what the Russian people actually think: they are stridently nationalist, want wealth redistributed and have little interest in liberal or democratic values," Aton brokerage said in a research note.
Wealth redistribution in the form of zhid oligarchs accumulating incredible wealth via connections is OK and doesn't signify the desire of the zhids to see the wealth of their host country redistributed to them. However wanting that stolen property back...
2003-12-09 03:35 | User Profile
[B]madrussia[/B]
The Russian people are great survivors are they not.
I've long been something of a fan of Putin. Even if he does seem to attract a certain amount of on going criticism.
Gregz
"He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own." - Confucious
2003-12-09 14:30 | User Profile
Any US politician, spokesperson or pundit that even utters a complaint about the Russian election is exposing themselves as the slimey, slithering slugs that they really are.
The USA has had coup d'etats (Lincoln, McKinley, Kennedy), rigged and fradulent elections ( eg. Kennedy '60, Hillary Clinton '99, Bush '00), and massive, unbridled media manipulation of the cattle. That disqualifies the US from some higher moral ground when judging another country's elections.
If the f*cking US Hypocrites in the government want to rant and rave about elections in Russia, then they should give equal press time to blatanly rigged and dangerous electoral processes that take place in Zimbabwe and South Africa where killing Whites is sanctioned by those governments.
Long Live Putin!
2003-12-10 01:09 | User Profile
Great, great news. The Russians are leading the way on the narrow path of White survival. Hats off to them!
As for the jewhos in the White House and the CSCE puling on demand about how terribly "undemocratic" it all is, Putin should reply with a hearty laugh and a crisp One-Finger Salute.
2003-12-10 03:58 | User Profile
It is indeed good news whenever a party deficient in its veneration of zhids attains political success, provided of course that the shortcomings are not exaggerated.
I like Russia's prospects for remaining a country dominated by whites for at least a little longer than other Western countries. Not because of election results (this or any other kind) or propensity for policies tending toward genuine self-interest of late, but because of geographic and economic circumstances, aided by presence of racial consciousness not seen in the West for decades.
To be blunt about it, applied racism is where it is at if preservation of racial distinctness is desired. Though regrettable at some level, it is good for Russia that its citizens take a heavy-handed approach with undesirable foreigners, and it is doubly good that local authorities and police forces exacerbate the hardship of alien victims, as is sometimes reported. A reputation will go far to temper the invaders and prevent a ââ¬ÅCamp of the Saintsââ¬Â scenario. Moreover Russiaââ¬â¢s comparatively low standard of living, low wages, and inhospitable climate make other destinations much more attractive to the average Bantu and his genetic approximates.
Armed to the teeth, which doubtless are not decaying at a rate we are led to believe, and with ample territory and natural resources at their disposal her rulers are well situated to give, as is suggested, the proverbial One-Finger Salute to any detractors. Once the rotting of the West becomes acute enough for it to be perceptible by nitwits the screeching will cease for their attention will be directed to where it ought to have been all along.
Perhaps in the millennia to come the land will again serve as springboard for a new race of whites abounding in vigour and eager to claim all that is before them. This of course brings up some intriguing questions. Was the Caucasus region a nursery or a sanctuary of the white race? If the latter, how many cycles have there been? :whstl:
2003-12-10 08:01 | User Profile
[url=http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j121003.html]NOW THEY'RE AFTER PUTIN: The hypocrites of the "democratic" West set their sights on Russia[/url]