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Mar 09, 2012 20:54

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/09/no-apocalypse-yet/

After the Russian ElectionsNo Apocalypse Yet

by ISRAEL SHAMIR

Moscow

The anticipated apocalypse did not come to pass. The presidential election in Russia ran its course, Putin was duly elected, and to the great astonishment of the opposition, multimillion crowds demanding the blood of the tyrant did not materialize. Only some 15,000 protesters gathered in central Moscow and dispersed peacefully within two hours. Only a remaining hundred hardcore activists were resolved “to stay until Putin goes” in the frozen city fountain. They were removed by police, charged and released. What a flop!

An inspired spokesperson of the Whites, a returnee from New York Masha Gessen, self-described “Jewish Lesbian, a sworn enemy of the Putin regime”, a blogger for the NY Times, “extremely influential”, according to Newsweek, who has just published with  Riverhead a book prophesying the swift fall of Putin, predicted (or called for) 200,000 angry Russians tearing down  the walls of Kremlin and washing with blood the streets on March 5. Rarely has a forecast failed so profoundly.
Read on http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/03/09/no-apocalypse-yet/
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