Russian Un-Free Elections
The
parliamentary elections in the Russian
Federation earlier this week were not
democratic, as only the ruling party or its allies were effectively permitted
to campaign. Many opposition leaders
have been imprisoned, driven into exile or killed. The freedom of the press is severely
restricted in Russia ,
as hundreds of journalists have been imprisoned or killed and independent media
outlets have been shut down, while the Communist dictatorship promotes its
propaganda mostly unchallenged. The
freedom of assembly is also curtailed.
Recently, even the last independent pollster was banned.
Democracy in the Russian
Federation’s is a farce, as its leader, Vladimir Putin, like a typical
dictator, pretends to be strong, but is really too weak and cowardly to
tolerate even the slightest legitimate criticism or dissent. As a result, Russia will continue to suffer a
worsening economy, corruption and violations of minority rights domestically
and wars and international disgrace abroad, as the Russian people will continue
not to be free and, therefore, will lack effective means to correct the
erroneous policies of their government.
Syrian Civil War
The civil
war continues, with the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism, Iran , aiding its ally, the Syrian Baathist
dictatorship of Bashar Assad, which assists Iran in sponsoring terrorism. Russia has been training the
Iranian proxy, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite terrorist organization, as well
as intervening militarily in support of the terrorist Assad, under the excuse
of opposing terrorists.
Italy’s Tax Cuts
Led by the
main center-left party, which governs in coalition with a small center-right
party and some centrists, the Italian Government has been cutting taxes, which
have been one of the factors that have stimulated the Italian economy, which
has been recovering from recession, although weakly. The Government, which has also made spending
cuts to eliminate Italy ’s
public budget deficit and reduce its ratio of debt to gross domestic product, is
proposing further tax cuts.
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