Who feels pity for Russians?

[Bush loves Jiang]

Their 3 most powerful politicians are a former KGB officer, a neo-Nazi, and a Stalinist buffoon who wants a return to the Brezhnev Doctrine.

[bahrbearian]

1. I fell pity for the Americans

their 3 most powerful men....2 where draft dodgers and the #1 man went AWOL in their countries time of need.

[OldEurope]

2. I do. I really do.

Because I´m German and Germans were the beginning of Nazi. I´m ashamed sometimes.

[Zuni]

3. I am Russian

and i have family over there, but they bring a lot of this on themselves. Russians have a way of often supporting and bringing about the worst possible leaders imaginable. Russian political history is a rogues gallery of despots and thieves.
In all of Russian history, there is only one Russian leader I like: Gorbachev. Every other one has been cruel, despotic, corrupt, insane, half dead (Yeltsin) or moronic

[OldEurope]

4. agree.

named my son Michael and chose this name after Gorbatchew, his birthday was expected at the end of 1989, but happended to be 1990.

[Bush loves Jiang]

5. Hmmm...

What about Kerensky?

[Zuni]

6. Kerensky was decent in terms of reforms

but he was not a good leader. He was ineffective and unable to lead. But if the provisional government had survived, perhaps Russia might have become a democracy.
That is one of history's great what ifs.