That Putin is a genius. Who else could have figured out that while Hillary Clinton was talking to the Burmese general and democracy activist, she was simultaneously plotting demonstrations to weaken Putin's grip on power with all his old KGB pals.

The rest are are several very wealthy guys who want to be Prez because they have money

Rather; Russian authorites are facing a dilemma. They can either crackdown on the opposition or ease the rules of political life. A crackdown would strain Russia's resources, and even easing political control would dismantle the powerful central control Putin established as president. This article also fails to mention that FM Lieberman discussed Syria and Iran with Putin.

Whom will Israel turn to, if the US will get a president who will be even more "Israel friendly"? The whole world would benefit, if not only one big player - USA - will establish a hegemony. USA has turned into a all dominating imperium, which acts based on one premisse only - it's own interests. Dollar domination, its own safety, it's own policies, taking under all oppposition. They push Israel to accept a Palestinian state on indefensible borders, and are pushing Russia to accept US dominance by neutrolizing Russias strategic force, which will remove any accountability for US behavior. In the recent history, after downfall of SU, US has shown how it can act disregarding international laws. There will be no halt, if Russia will be weak. No one would like Russia, or China to dominate the world. Same is true for any other nation. Best.

The Nazi soviet pact and the Nazi attack on the soviet union was also a plot.