http://themoderatevoice.com/18312/smoke-and-mirrors/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 07:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/18312/smoke-and-mirrors/comment-page-1/#comment-149618 Slamfu Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:28:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/europe/russia/18312/smoke-and-mirrors/#comment-149618 But the russians love their strongman. A soft handed leader delivering double digit growth would not be nearly as loved as a repressive figure they can point to and think of as their new czar. But the russians love their strongman. A soft handed leader delivering double digit growth would not be nearly as loved as a repressive figure they can point to and think of as their new czar.

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