A leopard and a despot does not change his spots..........Putin warning Egypt's Mubarak against democracy? He is removing the mask once and for all. Freedom vs Fascism..........good vs evil. Pay Attention!
Putin backs Mubarak on approach to
democracy
(AP)
CAIRO — Russian President Vladimir Putin
warned against exporting democracy yesterday, lending
support to Egyptian
counterpart Hosni Mubarak, who is facing internal calls for political reform and
plans multi-candidate presidential elections for the first time this
year.
Putin glowered when asked by a
reporter from the Russian state news agency RIA-Novosti what he thought of
democratisation in the Middle East. “The democratic system of government
is the most effective. No one disputes that. But institutions and the principles
of democracy cannot function in a country without respecting national
traditions,” Putin said a the joint news conference with
Mubarak. “Democracy cannot be exported from
one country to another,” he said, adding that when that happens, “it becomes an
instrument” to interfere in the internal affairs of another
state. Putin himself has been shaken by a
succession of popular uprisings in former Soviet republics, ushering in
pro-Western leaders in Georgia and Ukraine who have moved to shake off Russian
influence. The Kremlin suffered a humiliating
setback late last year in Ukraine where its favored candidate lost the
presidential election after weeks of mass protests over rigged
polls.
TimesLeader.com Wed, 27 Apr 2005 3:16 PM PDT
CAIRO, Egypt -
(KRT) - Hundreds of democracy protesters denounced President Hosni Mubarak at a
rally Wednesday in Cairo while organizers said scores of activists were arrested
in other cities.
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