Dec
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2010
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2010
When we are talking with our American friends and tell them there are systemic problems” with the electoral college system, “we hear from them, ‘Don’t interfere with our affairs, this is our tradition and it’s going to continue like that.’
— Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, responding to American criticism that “Russian democracy has disappeared,” a statement attributed to the American Defense Secretary, Robert Gates. (N.Y. Times)
Tags: politics
