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mac2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-28-08 03:10 PM
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Russia now a democracy?
http://www.freepress.net/news/30877 Doesn't see so. The old men just won't give it up.

I'm feeling like that in this country. People are complacent, fearful, and just won't talk openly about what is going on.
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dude77 Donating Member (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-29-08 02:14 PM
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1. There is not enough freedom there
...to call it a democracy. Sorry.
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PsciStudent Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-11-08 11:44 PM
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2. probably not...
We can start talking about a democracy when opposition leaders do not have to be chess gods in order to avoid being jailed.
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