Powell Frets Over State of Democracy

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell issued an unusually strong warning Monday on the state of Russia's democracy, expressing concern as he went into two days of top-level talks in Moscow over the growing tilt of power toward the state. The tone of subsequent public statements from both sides, however, was one of cooperation and friendship.


The comments were the most outspoken public criticism yet by a senior U.S. official since December's parliamentary elections, in which the pro-Kremlin United Russia took two-thirds of the seats in the State Duma, and the October jailing of oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky.


Earlier in the day, Powell told reporters that his Izvestia piece "wasn't in any way an attempt on my part to interfere in internal dynamics of Russian political life. It was one friend speaking to another," Reuters reported.


http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2004/01/27/001.html

Do we need a new issue for November?

that him and his boss have been destroying.

what about OUR democracy!

We should invade, preemptively of course.

The enrve of some people lecturing others while their own lives are dripping in blood.

My first thought was - gee, I'm surprised he has the balls to say that about the USA.

hint to colin, dude- no one cares what you say,really they are being nice to you. they are listening but they don`t care...

Colon-oscopy Powell has his head in deep! What a tool.....

Russia and American democracy are two different things. Besides, george* looked into the eyes of putie pute and saw a good man, how can he go bad now?

It is the heading of the article.

...is in the eye of the beholder?

I thought you meant he was worrying about the state of our Democracy. Silly me.

The GOP always talks about how THEY won the Cold War, and yet we can hit them with allowing the Soviets to creep back into power on THEIR watch.

LOL!!!!


Powell?.....Do you ever get the feeling no-ones listenning to ya any more?

Just when you think they can't get any worse. And to think, so many believed Powell was different.