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2010-05-08 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Medvedev denounces Stalin for 'mass crimes against the Russian people'

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-05-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Can't wait 'til we get to do the same with obama...

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-05-08 00:34|| 2010-05-08 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Bad cop (Pooty), good cop (Medvedev) routine?

Posted by twobyfour 2010-05-08 10:59|| 2010-05-08 10:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Or Pooh deciding he's a big bad bear after all.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2010-05-08 14:04|| 2010-05-08 14:04|| Front Page Top

#4 No, if it were for foreign consumption, it wouldn't have been given to a Russian-language paper in front of Russian television cameras.

This sounds like another "Secret Speech". And a definite populist move - the bit about the war being won by the people rather than the generals has got to mean something pretty heavy-bore.

I think he's going after Putin.

Posted by Mitch H. 2010-05-08 19:06|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2010-05-08 19:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I think he's going after Putin.

Might be nice if true, Mitch...but what's his power base vs. that of Putin? Vlad can pick up the phone and summon up any number of very nasty people from the intelligence services and the criminal networks. IMHO, if Medvedev really is feeling his political oats, he'd better stay the hell away from roofs, windows and elevator shafts...

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2010-05-08 19:50|| 2010-05-08 19:50|| Front Page Top

#6 he'd better stay the hell away from roofs, windows and elevator shafts...

...sushi, people carrying umbrellas, large men in raincoats, beautiful women...

Posted by trailing wife 2010-05-08 19:54|| 2010-05-08 19:54|| Front Page Top

#7 "The Presidents outspoken verdict on Russias Soviet legacy contrasted sharply with that of his predecessor Vladimir Putin, who called the collapse of the Communist state the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century."

also contrasts with many US old time leftists who never denounced Stalin

Posted by lord garth 2010-05-08 23:13|| 2010-05-08 23:13|| Front Page Top

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