Re: Russian democracy at work

LOL. The complaint against Rodina was brought to court by the
Kremlin's tool, Zhirinovsky. This is just an example of the Kremlin
controlling things, by banning a popular party's participation in the
electoral process. Those would-be votes for Rodina instead went to the
Communist party whose leader has recently expressed support for Stalin.
A positive development for democracy, indeed.

regards,

BM


Eugene Holman wrote:
> This is an example of one of the more positive developments in Russian
> democracy. Part of democracy means developing and maintaining minimum
> standards for dialogue, something that Rodina failed to do.
>
> <quote>
> Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533058/posts
>
> Free Republic
>
> Russian Supreme Court upholds Rodina Moscow election ban (fascist party banned)
> RIA Novosti)
>
> Posted on 12/02/2005 4:34:12 PM PST by jb6
>
> MOSCOW, December 2 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Supreme Court rejected an
> appeal Friday filed by a controversial political party against a ruling
> barring its participation in the December 4 elections to the Moscow
> legislature.
>
> Rodina (Motherland) had been banned from running after the Moscow City
> Court ruled in favor of a lawsuit filed by the ultra-nationalist Liberal
> Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), which claimed that a television
> campaign advertisement for Rodina incited inter-ethnic tension.
>
> "The authorities have again proved that they cannot stand the opposition
> in the country and are not ready for a civilized dialogue," press
> secretary for the Rodina Moscow branch Sofya Cherepanova quoted Rodina
> leader Dmitry Rogozin as saying.
>
> Cherepanova also said the Rodina pre-election HQ had stopped its work. "We
> cannot contest the Supreme Court's ruling," she said.
>
> The contentious Rodina broadcast featured three dark-skinned men from the
> Caucasus tossing a watermelon rind at the feet of a passing Slavic girl
> with a baby. A voice-over against the background of the Rodina emblem
> urged people to "remove the rubbish from Moscow."
> </quote>
>
>
> Regards,
> Eugene Holman

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