Putin's Democratic Order

Ellen Barry, Putin Reaches Down to the Assembly Line for First Appointment NYTimes (May 18, 2012):
"Mr. Putin’s first high-level appointment as president was Igor R. Kholmanskikh, 42, a tank-factory worker from the Urals who is famous for one thing: offering to travel to Moscow with a gang of assembly-line workers to chase antigovernment protesters off the streets.

"'If the militia, or the police, as it’s now called, can’t handle it, then me and the boys are ready to come out and defend stability,' Mr. Kholmanskikh said during a live television broadcast in December, bringing a broad, happy smile to Mr. Putin’s face. 'Of course, within the boundaries of the law,' he added hastily."        

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