Tornado Alley (PROG)

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It's interesting reading a bit about the reasons for all the demonstrations in Russia .. i didn't know this stuff ..

Russia President Dmitry Medvedev ordered an investigation into allegations of vote-rigging, though this received a cynical response from many opponents on his Facebook page. He also defended the right of people to express their views, while denouncing the street protests. On 22 December 2011, he called for a number of reform steps, including reintroducing the direct election of governors and reducing the required signatures for registering a political party or running in the presidential election. A bill reintroducing direct election of governors was introduced in the Duma on 16 January 2012.

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The rights of at least three Western television news channels (the BBC, CNN and Bloomberg) were suspended in Moscow by major provider Akado Telecom on 12 July 2012.[203][204] While the move was not officially linked to the protests, but rather to outdated licences, Alexei Navalny noted that it came just three days after comments by President Putin that "Russia's policies often suffer from a one-sided portrayal these days".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80%9313_Russian_protests#Reactions

----- .. this came before that one ..

The position of Mayor of Moscow was elected between 1991 and 2004. In 2004, Vladimir Putin suggested a law to abolish direct elections of governors, the Moscow mayor, and presidents of Russian regions. The law was swiftly adopted by the parliament. The new legislation moved the election system to an indirect one in which parliamentary political parties and the President of Russia nominated a candidate who must then have been approved by the Moscow City Duma. Following the 2011–13 Russian protests which followed the 2011 parliamentary election, President Dmitry Medvedev offered to re-introduce the direct elections of the governors and the mayor of Moscow, and corresponding legislation was approved by the Parliament.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_mayoral_election,_2013#Background

===== .. an interesting tussle here ..

Alexey Navalny surprises sceptics with strong run in Moscow mayoral election
Date September 9, 2013
http://www.smh.com.au/world/alexey-navalny-surprises-sceptics-with-strong-run-in-moscow-mayoral-election-20130909-2ten1.html

GR .. no .. no debate on any of that, just giving you info you might not be aware
of .. here's an easy one .. do you have any opinion on the jailing of the Pussy Riot ..
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=92356425 .. entertainers?