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Isn’t there a saying that goes somewhere along the lines of Moscow isn’t Russia? Moscow is a developed city with similar living standards to the rest of Europe. But for other cities it’s not really the case. Sure there are some that are doing pretty good such as Yekaterinburg or Tyumen, but many others are struggling such as Volgograd and Tula
I been following Russia for months, I have friends living there and others went for extended visits.
One of them traveled along the Trans-Siberian railway (took almost an entire summer there) stopping and visiting cities along the way (for days at each stop) and he was shocked at the difference between how western media often depict Russia and the much better reality on the ground.
I been watching Russian movies and I have been impressed by the quality of a lot of production....I'm learning to appreciate their sense of humor in TV shows......I love how they laugh hard and make fun of the Russophobia hysteria that took root in the West....
Russian Election March 2018 - what's going on there?
1) Why is Putin nominated (well, nominated himself) for presidency despite of what is written in Russian Constitution in Article 81 ..." a candidate ...cannot serve more than two terms consecutively." ?
1) Why is Putin nominated (well, nominated himself) for presidency despite of what is written in Russian Constitution in Article 81 ..." a candidate ...cannot serve more than two terms consecutively." ?
2) Is it ^^^ OK with Russian people?
3) Has Grudinin any chance to win?
This will be his second consecutive term he is running for. Key word is "consecutive".
Grudinin? Hope not, wish the communists would just go away, they are a drag on progress.
1) Why is Putin nominated (well, nominated himself) for presidency despite of what is written in Russian Constitution in Article 81 ..." a candidate ...cannot serve more than two terms consecutively." ?
Because Putin never served more then two terms consecutively. there are other examples of countries with people returning to serve as president after a constitutionally mandated break.....for example Michelle Bachelet of Chile....Lula of Brazil is running again....
In Europe, generally, there are not even term limits on heads of government, a Prime Minister can run as much as he/she wants as long as that person is the leader of the party with the majority of votes.
The president of France cannot serve more than two terms consecutively (a very recent change implemented in 2008, before there were no term limits) but Constitutionally, for example, Chirac could run again.
Their's may not be the best in the world, but it is one of the few in the world.
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Russian Election March 2018 - what's going on there?
