• Depardieu flies to Sochi after gaining citizenship in Russia
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[QUOTE]French actor Gerard Depardieu has arrived in Russia, where he has been granted citizenship and a private meeting with President Vladimir Putin. A Kremlin spokesman said Mr Depardieu may receive his new Russian passport personally from the president. The actor announced he was seeking Russian citizenship after the French government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes. Last month Mr Putin had said he would be happy to welcome him to Russia. The president will hold a private meeting with the actor in the Black Sea resort of Sochi later on Saturday, Mr Putin's spokesman said. Earlier this week President Putin signed the decree granting Russian citizenship to Mr Depardieu. The actor responded by writing an open letter saying: "I love your country, Russia - its people, its history, its writers. I love your culture, your intelligence." Mr Depardieu went on describe Russia as "a great democracy, and not a country where the prime minister calls one of its citizens shabby". Mr Depardieu's highly publicised tax row began last year after new President Francois Hollande said he would raise taxes to 75% for those earning more than 1m euros (£817,400). The actor accused the socialist government of punishing "success, creation and talent", and announced in early December that he would move to Belgium. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault branded his decision to move abroad as "shabby and unpatriotic". The actor, described by Mr Putin as a friend, has developed close ties with Russia, which has a flat 13% personal income tax rate. He currently appears in an advertisement for Sovietsky Bank's credit card and is prominently featured on the bank's home page. In 2011, he played the lead role in the film Rasputin, a Franco-Russian production about the life of eccentric monk Grigory Rasputin.[/QUOTE] [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20921208"]BBC[/URL] So he is actually going through with it then.
[QUOTE]a great democracy[/QUOTE]AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
[QUOTE=Ezhik;39110398]AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahahahahahahahaha[/QUOTE] The main issue is electoral fraud, but it didn't change the outcome of the election at all. Really, a big issue is a spread out opposition. Even if there were no cases of electoral fraud, V. Putin still would have won since he had the advantage of having experience, being a house hold name and being the one to be president during Russia's economic recovery. The only major parties opposing him are the KPRF and Prokhorov (ex-Independent). This is also a issue in other countries, the ruling party has the advantage of having large amount of support and the opposition is spread out between 2-3 parties that constantly bounce up and down.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39110751]The main issue is electoral fraud, but it didn't change the outcome of the election at all. Really, a big issue is a spread out opposition. Even if there were no cases of electoral fraud, V. Putin still would have won since he had the advantage of having experience, being a house hold name and being the one to be president during Russia's economic recovery. The only major parties opposing him are the KPRF and Prokhorov (ex-Independent). This is also a issue in other countries, the ruling party has the advantage of having large amount of support and the opposition is spread out between 2-3 parties that constantly bounce up and down.[/QUOTE] why do you defend russia everythread 107% of Chechnya agrees with you though.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39110751]The main issue is electoral fraud, but it didn't change the outcome of the election at all. Really, a big issue is a spread out opposition. Even if there were no cases of electoral fraud, V. Putin still would have won since he had the advantage of having experience, being a house hold name and being the one to be president during Russia's economic recovery. The only major parties opposing him are the KPRF and Prokhorov (ex-Independent). This is also a issue in other countries, the ruling party has the advantage of having large amount of support and the opposition is spread out between 2-3 parties that constantly bounce up and down.[/QUOTE] A lot of the reason Putin has so much support and there are is viable opposition is because of media bias. "The observers noted that all candidates had access to the media, but the Prime Minister was given a clear advantage over his competitors in terms of media presence. In addition, state resources were mobilized at the regional level in his support." - [url=http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/88661]OCSE observer mission[/url]
[QUOTE=Zambies!;39110795]why do you defend russia everythread 107% of Chechnya agrees with you though.[/QUOTE] How is that defending Russia? Its the reality of the situation. He still would have won even if the 1.2mn Republic of Chechnya was 100% Opposition. He probably would have had high support in the Republic of Chechnya even if there was no electoral fraud in the Republic of Chechnya, they've [URL="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19625734"]pumped loads of money into Chechnya over the years and have rebuilt it insanely fast.[/URL] That is one way to support. [editline]5th January 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=smurfy;39110801]A lot of the reason Putin has so much support and there are is viable opposition is because of media bias. "The observers noted that all candidates had access to the media, but the Prime Minister was given a clear advantage over his competitors in terms of media presence. In addition, state resources were mobilized at the regional level in his support." - [url=http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/88661]OCSE observer mission[/url][/QUOTE] Another advantage of being the ruling party.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39110811]How is that defending Russia? Its the reality of the situation. He still would have won even if the 1.2mn Republic of Chechnya was 100% Opposition. [editline]5th January 2013[/editline] Another advantage of being the ruling party.[/QUOTE] The Ruling party in the US doesn't mobilize state resources (i.e. state controlled media) to get help.
[QUOTE=Zambies!;39110892]The Ruling party in the US doesn't mobilize state resources (i.e. state controlled media) to get help.[/QUOTE] Of coarse, that is because of the privatized media in the country. Yet there is still fuck loads of bias for either side of their two-party system, on the other hand while its not state controlled its controlled by corporations with agenda's. There is a amount of private media in Russia, but it usually happens to be poor quality or sensationalist (i.e. Izvestia).
[QUOTE=Zambies!;39110892]The Ruling party in the US doesn't mobilize state resources (i.e. state controlled media) to get help.[/QUOTE] Shame on them, I guess. That's why Romney had a huge group of people supporting him despite being Romney.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39110930]Of coarse, that is because of the privatized media in the country. Yet there is still fuck loads of bias for either side of their two-party system, on the other hand while its not state controlled its controlled by corporations with agenda's. There is a amount of private media in Russia, but it usually happens to be poor quality or sensationalist (i.e. Izvestia).[/QUOTE] RT is pretty much the example of everything you could do wrong with journalism and yet that isn't low budget. Unless your point is that there aren't very many HIGH budget biased journalism outlets that are biased.
[QUOTE=galenmarek;39111101]RT is pretty much the example of everything you could do wrong with journalism and yet that isn't low budget. Unless your point is that there aren't very many HIGH budget biased journalism outlets that are biased.[/QUOTE] You realize RT is a international news agency? Its not really "russian media" as its primarily English international type news agency. I don't know what your trying to say, what did you think I said?
I can't believe someone is willing to give up their country, culture, home, and citizenship over taxes. that were struck down by the Constitutional Court anyway.
Secretly a Russian and in cahoots with Putin all along.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39111194]You realize RT is a international news agency? Its not really "russian media" as its primarily English international type news agency. I don't know what your trying to say, what did you think I said?[/QUOTE] The point was that there is media based in Russia that heavily biased while still being funded with tons of money. International or no it's still based in Russia. Is the BBC not composed of mostly British? Indeed it is for foreign audiences but if that's any indication of media from Russia, it isn't far off to say there are high budget outlets that are filled with bias. edit: The BBC is edited to whatever country it broadcasts in. It's main audience is global not just Britan.
[QUOTE=galenmarek;39111713]The point was that there is media based in Russia that heavily biased while still being funded with tons of money. International or no it's still based in Russia. Is the BBC not composed of mostly British? Indeed it is for foreign audiences but if that's any indication of media from Russia, it isn't far off to say there are high budget outlets that are filled with bias.[/QUOTE] Of coarse there is big name bias media in Russia. Even if they privatized it, it would turn into American style mass media, where corporations push their political agenda's through their media outlets. But not all media is bias in Russia and there is private media but on a smaller scale than in heavily developed democracies. By the way, the BBC's main audience is Britain.. don't know where you were going with that.
[QUOTE=laserguided;39110811] Another advantage of being the ruling party.[/QUOTE] you forgot the part where they forcibly took over all the mainstream media though ntv used to be very much against putin, now it's so pro-putin it's hilarious not just the media though, it's all the businesses euroset and chichivarkin is a fucking horror story x5 retail is pretty fun too watch closely over "sedmoy kontinent" retail chain, it's next
Gonna be good in the next 10 years when Putin dies. Pro-Putin people won't have as big a name to rally around.
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