President
Vladimir Putin is not a democrat. He was educated by the monstrous machinery of
the Soviet Communist Party and formatted by its political secret police, the
infamous KGB. Therefore, it can’t be a surprise to see, as we have seen
yesterday, he is not ready to leave power. He came to the top position twenty
years ago and he wants to stay at the apex of the political pyramid for life.
His strategic mind tells him he shouldn’t wait up to the end of his mandate to
make the changes. He has another four years or so to go as President. But he
knows that the future must be prepared well in advance.
That’s
what he is doing with the proposed constitutional changes.
And
the lesson we, in our side of Europe must draw out of his move, is clear.
Vladimir Putin is a dictator and will always relate to us as dictators do. They
fear democratic regimes and will do anything to undermine them. They see us as
a bad example that could cause some political contagion in Russia.
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