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Vladimir Bukovsky running for Russian President

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Is Vladimir Bukovsky right to run for Russian President

Poll ended at Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:36 am

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No he is a silly old fool and too naive to think he could get anywhere
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No he is a traiter to complain about the Russian government
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Vladimir Bukovsky running for Russian President

Postby gracchi on Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:36 am

Vladimir Bukovsky was horribly tortured by the Soviet Union in the 12 years he spent in Labour camps there. He has since become a stern advocate that communists be treated like the Fascists were after World War Two, he was disappointed with perestroika because he wanted a Russian Nuremberg trial after 1991. Anyway he is also very hostile to Putin- and he has returned to Russia for the first time to stand against Putin's nominee in the 2008 election. There is almost no chance he'll win- but what do people think overall of this- is he a quixotic fool battling against the forces of darkness and he'll never win, is he a Western stooge coming into take down a great Russian government or is this a sign for hope in Russia.

For what its worth I don't like Putin much, and I admire Bukovsky for surviving the horrors he survived.
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Postby Ashok on Tue Nov 06, 2007 2:00 pm

I just want to link to the Wikipedia entry on Bukovsky, to introduce forum members to him.

[url=http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Printable.aspx?GUID={30B45777-4E9F-467B-A141-C3D33BEBB81B}]This interview[/url] might be useful, too.
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