Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks during a United Russia party congress in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has been formally nominated by the ruling United Russia party to run for president in next March's election. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
Vladimir Putin Launches Cold War Rhetoric At Mass Rally -- The Telegraph
Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, reached back to the rhetoric of the Cold War on Sunday to angrily accuse the West of trying to meddle in his country's forthcoming elections.
Speaking ahead of a parliamentary vote this weekend that his party is expected to win, the country's de facto president-in-waiting told the West to butt out of his country's internal affairs and to stop funding human rights groups that he disdainfully likened to Judas Escariot.
"We know that representatives of some countries meet with people they fund, so-called grant receivers, and give them instructions and guidance for what work they need to do to influence the election campaign in our country," he alleged.
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My Comment: Using Russia as the boogeyman in American politics worked well for U.S. politicians for years .... why not reverse it. Justified or not .... and in my mind it is not justified .... but many Russians still have "trust issues" when it comes to the the U.S., and Putin is playing to that crowd.
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