Forbes: Can Russia's Communist Party Make A Comeback?
Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 14:40
"The bloom has fallen off Vladimir Putin`s rose. This Sunday's routing of his ruling United Russia party came as a surprise not only to people who watch Russia politics, but to Russian politicians as well. The biggest winner of the night was the Communist Party, going from 57 seats to 92."
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"ONLY 20 years ago, they seemed consigned to the dustbin of history. Yet in Sunday's parliamentary polls, Russia's Communists drew students, intellectuals, even some businessmen in forging an opposition to Vladimir Putin's wounded United Russia party."
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"ONLY 20 years ago, they seemed consigned to the dustbin of history. Yet in Sunday's parliamentary polls, Russia's Communists drew students, intellectuals, even some businessmen in forging an opposition to Vladimir Putin's wounded United Russia party."
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