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    Putin accuses Clinton of encouraging protesters

    AP – Thu, Dec 8, 2011

    MOSCOW (AP) — Prime Minister Vladimir Putin blasted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday for encouraging and supporting the election protesters and warned of a wider Russian crackdown on unrest.

    By describing Russia's parliamentary election as rigged, Putin said Clinton "gave a signal" to his opponents.

    "They heard this signal and with the support of the U.S. State Department began their active work," Putin said in televised remarks.

    Russian protesters have taken to the streets in Moscow and St. Petersburg for three straight nights despite heavy police presence, outraged over observers' reports of widespread ballot box stuffing and manipulations of the vote count in Sunday's parliamentary election. The demonstrations have been some of the biggest and most sustained protests Russia has seen in years, and police have detained hundreds of protesters.

    Putin's United Russia party barely held onto its majority in parliament, with official results giving it about 50 percent of the vote, down from 64 percent four years ago. But the fraud allegations indicate that support for United Russia was even lower as Russians are growing weary of Putin and his party after nearly 12 years in office.

    Putin warned that Russian authorities might take an even harder line.

    "We need to think about strengthening the law and holding more responsible those who carry out the task of a foreign government to influence our internal political process," he said.

    Moscow has already put out 50,000 police and troops on the streets, backed by water cannon.

    Russia's only independent election monitoring group, which is supported by grants from the United States and European governments, has come under heavy official pressure in recent weeks, with their website hit by hackers.

    Opposition groups have called for a mass protest near the Kremlin on Saturday. More than 17,000 people have signed up to a Facebook page on it.

     

    930 comments

    • rk
      rk  •  5 mths ago
      Wow, he gives Hillary a lot of credit....she can control whether or not people protest in Russia but not in the U.S.
      • carls1959
        carls1959 5 mths ago
        He's just going by recent history of our government having protesters in the streets here. Do they have an ACORN office in Russia?
      • Tatiana
        Tatiana 5 mths ago
        Of course she can. Why do you think election losers in Belarus, Russia and Iran protest?. Because they can ALWAYS count on the US support, even the Communists, as now in Russia. Hillary is the only politician on the globe that criticizes the election before the official report from the observers is issued. Doesn't it make her look like a puppet?
      • People
        People 5 mths ago
        is Hillary a president of world? then why did she win the election of 2008? or does she try to get some degree of comfort from being a loser to our "change president"?
    • abe_froman
      abe_froman  •  5 mths ago
      Yes, Putin, you're right, Clinton is really Commissioner Gordon, and she sent up the bat signal so that the Russian people would finally see the error of your ways, and that's why they're protesting.
    • Andrey
      Andrey  •  Kaliningrad, Russia  •  5 mths ago
      There are protests in all russian cities, not only in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. People tired of criminal government
      • Bill
        Bill 5 mths ago
        All governments are criminal. Some are just worse than others.
      • capn
        capn 5 mths ago
        Ultimate power currupts absolutely !
      • ^RuMaR-
        ^RuMaR- 5 mths ago
        No doubt камрад Stand up for yourselves over there, Americans need to start doing the same here, our governments are corrupt.
    • little man
      little man  •  Edinburg, United States  •  5 mths ago
      people what to be free
      • ChrisH
        ChrisH 5 mths ago
        Much like we are, right? ;)
    • Octavio
      Octavio  •  5 mths ago
      The US has no business to stick its nose in other sovereign countries business .
      Ron Paul 2012 !!!
    • Jodivlie mentalzino
      Jodivlie mentalzino  •  Logan, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Russia + Iran + china vs U.S + EU. i will get popcorn and watch the show good luck guys. let's see this where it ends.
      • J.J.
        J.J. 5 mths ago
        Not just that. Japan, Australia, Canada, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, (virtually all of Asia), Mexico, Brazil, and majority of Southern America are US allies, or are democracy. Only a fool would declare war against the whole world.
      • ^RuMaR-
        ^RuMaR- 5 mths ago
        All of us will die, you and I might not be here to see the end.
      • droog
        droog 5 mths ago
        It already ended after WW2. The USA and Western Europe won and continue to win. Open your eyes.
    • Dan
      Dan  •  Pleasanton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      The face of Putin look so !@#@## , he need to take some prune to relax.
    • The Fallen Angel
      The Fallen Angel  •  Fremont, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Putin's remark is an insult to the Russian people themselves; they do not need Clinton's help in figuring out that the election process is not as clean as the KGB's boss says it is.
    • p
      p  •  5 mths ago
      Putin they are sick of you and your MAN EGO you look like an old man wanting to be a 20 yr old your people have loss faith in you and you counter their unhappiness with 50,000 POLICE yeah that will win em over to your side what a dipweed
    • bismarc
      bismarc  •  Madison, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Ok Putin is corrupt but why did Hillary have such a problem w/Assange? Guess we can preach what we don't practice?
    • C
      C  •  5 mths ago
      He was only part right. He should have included obama and all the liberal d-bags too. Obama is soooooo bad, putin is starting to look like a good candidate to run against him. At least he knows communism sucked. Obama is trying to dump America back into the cold war era of soviets.
    • TENAGA PUTIH
      TENAGA PUTIH  •  5 mths ago
      Obama and Hilliary are good at #$%$ off other countries' leaders.
    • Octavio
      Octavio  •  5 mths ago
      Encouraging the Russians to protest ? We even do not even tolerate the OWS protest here in the US .

      What about that stinky US administration encouraging the Egyptians to protest and at the same time supporting the Egyptian military to crack down on protesters .
      What a bunch of hypocrites and double dealers .

      Ron Paul 2012 !!!!
    • Bob
      Bob  •  Valparaiso, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Put your head back up your BUTT Putin!!!
    • David
      David  •  Tulsa, United States  •  5 mths ago
      occupy moscow
    • James
      James  •  Stockton, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Poor Vladie Putang might get knocked off his throne.
    • Octavio
      Octavio  •  5 mths ago
      Putin should encourage and support the OWS protest in the US .
    • ........
      ........  •  Chicago, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Now even some commie like Putin is getting in on the GOP act. Hypocrites.
    • Phillip B
      Phillip B  •  Herndon, United States  •  5 mths ago
      Don't be a jerkoff, Putin, that sounds like a Donald Trump effluence.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  London, United Kingdom  •  5 mths ago
      It's curtains for the criminal clans. What an idiot: already one of the most powerful men in the world, he suddenly feels deprived of his "true place" and so wants MORE POWER. Either it is because he is senile -- 60 in Russia is like 90 in the USA -- or he has some saucy tartlet pressuring him, who wants a Kremlin wedding, and the title of "First Lady." Here are his options: (1) the Berlusconi model (get out in one piece) or (2) the Gaddaffi model (get hunted down and come to a nasty end because you were too in love with yourself to ever consider the possibility of being mortal, and old, and hated).
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