Yep. Another addition to the list of countries I'm boycotting as long as their current regime is in place (along with Israel). Always thought he was a neo-Stalin waiting for an opportunoity to show his true colours anyhow. He may have tho Russian Orthodox church rather than The Communist Manifesto as his ethical touchstone, but he's definitely an old-school dicatator beneath the quasi-democratic veneer.
The most depressing aspect of all this is that he seems to be pretty popular in his own country to boot.
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