Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, reached back to the rhetoric of the Cold War on Sunday to angrily accuse the West of trying to meddle in his country’s forthcoming elections.
Speaking ahead of a parliamentary vote this weekend that his party is expected to win, the country’s de facto president-in-waiting told the West to butt out of his country’s internal affairs and to stop funding human rights groups that he disdainfully likened to Judas Escariot.
“We know that representatives of some countries meet with people they fund, so-called grant receivers, and give them instructions and guidance for what work they need to do to influence the election campaign in our country,” he alleged.
In a sarcastic jab at the United States and the European Union, he said such countries would do better “to use the money to pay back their domestic debt”. Mr Putin’s words were rapturously received by 11,000 supporters listening to him in a Moscow football stadium who regularly showered him with applause and chants of “Putin,” “Russia” or “The people trust Putin!”
The purpose of the Soviet-style jamboree was for his ruling United Russia party to endorse him as their official candidate for March’s presidential election, which they predictably and unanimously did.
Although his party has seen its popularity slide in recent months its total control of state media and other levers of power means it is expected to comfortably win Sunday’s parliamentary vote, albeit with a reduced majority.
Uni polar world reaching into total instability, too much one sided justifying. Eastern bloc verses western bloc ought to give more stability and making each war monger aware of other and then their allies goes under their safety net, until humanity start practicing absolute justice, eliminating eastern western barriers.