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Kasparov's twitter feed at https://twitter.com/Kasparov63 is a must read for all those who want to understand what goes on in Putin's Russia.

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Correction. It is a must read for those who want to MISunderstand Putin's Russia. Kasparov is against the Russian constitution and openly called for a violent overthrow of the current Russian government. Russians do not approve of Kasparov's political views because of what they see as a biased viewpoint that ignores any economic policy successes of the current government and exaggerates any failures.

> economic policy successes of the current government

Russia is likely to face crippling international economic sanctions for some time. Propping up annexed Crimea will be a massive financial drain. Foreign investment has all but fled. This is not what "economic policy success" looks like.

>Russians do not approve of Kasparov's political views

Speak for yourself. Kasparov is a great guy and I would vote for him anytime.

The biggest problem of the Russian nation are its intellectually lazy intellectuals. Lazy enough to uncritically parrot foreign propaganda.

As opposed to lazily parroting locally created lazy propaganda, I suppose. What does trolling western blogs pay these days in Russia?

Actually I get paid in United States.

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