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triron

(21,995 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2018, 11:47 AM Sep 2018

Why Russians keep visiting Maria Butina in prison.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/17/why-russians-keep-visiting-mariia-butina-in-prison-220061

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Why Russians keep visiting Maria Butina in prison. (Original Post) triron Sep 2018 OP

Democracy as a foreign concept to dictators WhiteTara Sep 2018 #1

WhiteTara

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1. Democracy as a foreign concept to dictators

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Tue Sep 18, 2018, 12:03 PM

Sep 2018

Another explanation—and these are not mutually exclusive—might be Russia’s warped view of U.S. democracy and the power of the president. Having never spent time in a functioning democracy, Vladimir Putin cannot fathom that a president does not have absolute power. It might have never crossed his mind that those pesky checks and balances, such as law enforcement, are not just decoration, as they are for him at home. Perhaps he thought Butina would be safe.

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