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Can Russia's Social Media Forces Push the Putin Regime?

Posted by: admin on Tue, 2011-09-27 10:49

The latest political news from Russia has President Dimitry Medvedev
and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin swapping jobs again next year with the
aim of sustaining Putin's personal power structure for perhaps another
dozen years. In principle, Russians could reject this arrangement when
they go to the polls in March 2012 to elect a new president, but it
appears that Putin is still popular enough to get what he wants. As
Russia's political opposition blows in the wind, some social change
advocates look to the internet as a potent grassroots conduit for
movements against monolithic government control.

The latest political news from Russia has President Dimitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin swapping jobs again next year with the aim of sustaining Putin's personal power structure for perhaps another dozen years. In principle, Russians could reject this arrangement when they go to the polls in March 2012 to elect a new president, but it appears that Putin is still popular enough to get what he wants. As Russia's political opposition blows in the wind, some social change advocates look to the internet as a potent grassroots conduit for movements against monolithic government control.