Russia's Authoritarianist Public: a Bit Scary

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For an electorate still influenced by Soviet-era deference to authority, the call to support the popular president seems to have been effective. "We'll just go and look on the ballot for Putin,' said Irina Martinova, a 20-year-old student. She planned to vote for Putin's party, she said, but she couldn't name it.

Her friend Olga Glozovskaya nodded. "Most other parties aren't interesting to us,' she said. "And besides, it's our duty to vote for the president."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40074-2003Dec5_2.html

[no_arbusto]

1. Sounds like most Republicans I know

"Most other parties aren't interesting to us,' she said. "And besides, it's our duty to vote for the president."

[Maple]

2. Russia has always had a Czar

Nothing has changed.