This article is a story about Russia’s recent Victory Day celebrations. The holiday marks the defeat of Nazi Germany, and also commemorates the veterans who served in WW2. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against this. What I do have a problem with is the way Russia celebrated it. Here, check it out: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/09/russia.parade.ap/index.html#cnnSTCVideo (I couldn’t get the stinkin’ thing to show up on the blog, so…)
Now watch this and tell me that it isn’t reminiscent to a communist parade. Why would they (being Russia) go around and parade their military? It’s to show their power. I’m telling you, Russia has gotten more and more communistic in the last five years than almost any other nation. The current prime minister (who was re-elected), Vladimir Putin, has gone through tremendous pains just to ensure his continued control of the country. This has me worried. But not just because this one guy is obsessed with power. The country (led by Putin) has harassed Georgia, a former Soviet country, which I’m sure Putin would love to have back under his control. I mean seriously, what’s the point of shooting down a spy plane that belongs to a country that’s less than half the size of your own. Not to mention the fact that Russia would eat Georgia for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and some leftovers for dessert.
But beyond this, the control that Vladimir Putin wields really unnerves me. He literally controls the government. So with all this said, I’ll get to the point. I think that, sometime in the future, Russia will again return to communism.
