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Putin DISSOLVES government

news.independent.co.uk — President Vladimir Putin has dissolved the Russian government on the request of the prime minister, the Kremlin said Wednesday, a major political shake-up ahead of crucial parliamentary and presidential elections.

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  • dedmond29, on 10/10/2007, -28/+493That only got 5 seconds of press on CNN this morning
    • Chahrlie5, on 10/10/2007, -99/+36What do you expect. Any news that doesn't make the US look bad is not news. Never mind Putin has been going back in time for years.
      • Chahrlie5, on 10/10/2007, -70/+23That's right, digg down non-liberal friendly replies that you know are true.
        • Jeez, on 10/10/2007, -25/+9bush has let putin get away with so many things so i don't know what your argument is. If it was democratic admin we would be slapping sanctions on him.
          • Noctem, on 10/10/2007, -16/+37haha, that didn't take long. Of COURSE this is Bush's fault!
          • thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -13/+8I thought Bush did too much unilateral action already....

            /me confused
            /me laughing at hypocrisy
          • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -6/+10@thcobbs:
            Oh, yes, of course, we absolutely must equate sanctions with an invasion and occupation of the country. Pfft.
          • mehan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11Since when does Putin needs bush to let him get away with anything?
        • shanevendrell, on 10/10/2007, -14/+9In Soviet Russia, government dissolves YOU!
        • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -7/+5Hey I just had an idea- you know that political candidate who is always spamming Digg? That one who has no chance? Well maybe he can run in Russia??
      • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -10/+11LOL, you are exactly right
      • donwilson2, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3I support you Chahrlie5 :)
      • chockZ, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11I don't know why people are digging down this comment. It is very true. This dissolving of the Russian Gov + the fact that Russia just released info that they have the most powerful conventional bomb in the world are two very sobering pieces of information.

        The media would rather the Average Joe only be afraid of "terrorists" instead of real threats like the one Russia will likely pose in the near/semi-near future.
        • aldebaran85, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2omg, when Russia never was a threat. What do u think Russia will do? Bomb Europe or America or Australia? WHY?? Let's say france will bomb Zimbabwe. You ask why? No point, let's just said it again and again and maybe Zimbabwe will affraid this threat?
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5I don't know why people are digging down a true statement. It's like they just don't want to believe the media loves to point out things that make us look bad instead of good. No one ever reports on the news Today We Successfully____________
      • tonicboy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6And how exactly does this news make America look good? The MSM isn't reporting on this because they know that the average American doesn't give a rat's ass about Russia. It's not glamorous or "trendy" news.
      • dudefaceguyman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Agreed, ignoring the digg down mobs bringing your comment down, CNN and most other media in the US sucks now. All they care about is ratings and not giving us news that actually matters. Disagree? Then explain to me why Paris Hilton pretty much took over the news for 2 months.
      • DooM, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1This is a minor story at best - this is an action that is called for in the Russian constitution. Not at all similar to American politics - if Bush dissolved the government that would be major news. This is newsworthy but not earth shattering if you know anything about Russian politics.
      • evlpanda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think Putin being able to go back in time for years, a.k.a. time travel, is huge news. Now he can dissolve, vacuum and time travel.
    • Annon, on 10/10/2007, -9/+199How would they have any time for international news with all the celebrity "news" they have to cover?
      • lintmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I mean, dude, did you see Britney at the VMAs? She calls *that* a comeback?
    • erkokite, on 10/10/2007, -10/+254American news isn't news. It's entertainment.
      • RxDaniel, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9You must not have ever seen American news if you think its entertaining.
        On a side note the random letters you have to type in to prove you are human are really starting to make me think I'm not. Half the time I can't tell for sure what one or two of them are.
      • berzerk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7http://www.jibjab.com/originals/what_we_call_the_news
      • vtron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16I like to call it "infotainment"
      • aliengoods, on 10/10/2007, -4/+5American TV news is entertainment. American newspapers are news.
        This is exactly the opposite in the UK, where the papers are entertainment and the TV news is actual news.
    • AJRiddle, on 10/10/2007, -6/+42Maybe because that's not what really happened.
      http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_eu/russia_government;_ylt=AsvPefyD6rS6HUI9wOc4LBqs0NUE
      • seanherman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36There seem to be conflicting stories. I saw this story as early as 730 this morning, but all the major news organizations are making no mention of the "dissolution" whatsoever. For example:
        Putin Replaces Prime Minister, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/world/europe/12cnd-russia.html?hp

        I'm guessing there's some complicated politics at work here, and the sensationalist headlines are (partly) misinterpretation or over-interpretation of the real story. Maybe this is relatively standard procedure under the Russian Federation's constitution. It really doesn't seem clear from these stories.
      • Nougat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+24What people need to remember is that not all governments are designed like the ones in the US and UK. There are a lot of national governments which operate in this very way. The headline here is FUD.
        • theodenking, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Agreed. This story is ridiculously sensationalist (on Digg, not in the indie). The capitalisation of 'DISSOLVES' shows that the OP completely misunderstood what this story means. This is the standard procedure in Parliamentary democracies (yes including the UK - the Queen dissolves parliament at the request of the Prime Minister before a general election).
          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_Parliament

          I'm completely baffled how this has got so many diggs. Some people really are ignorant when it comes to politics.
        • BelXul, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2This isn't the only place I saw the word 'Dissolves' in the headline. It was on another AP article announcing that Putin dissolved the Russian Government.
      • Terr01, on 10/10/2007, -0/+17It's closer to a cabinet shakeup. "Dissolves government" means a very different thing in that context, compared to ours.
    • bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+43If you read it more closely this isn't as sensational as the headline sounds. This sounds almost like a standard procedure, I'm not saying it is, but what it sounds like. It is done to clear the way to lining up the successor too Putin.
      • M4v3rIC, on 10/10/2007, -1/+30It is standard procedure. If the kremlin votes in non-confidence (meaning the people no longer agree with the ruling party) The leader is asked to dissolve government and a new election is called (or a successor is chosen in this case).

        If the people no longer have confidence in their leader's ability to rule, government SHOULD be dissolved (America) so they can start over with a better government that people will want.
        • RxDaniel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Or an equally crappy government that most the country hates cause more than half of them don't even vote.
          • grhomepage, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4maybe it's crappy BECAUSE they don't vote
          • Novagenesis, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Maybe it's crappy because the people don't have the right to dissolve the government and start any piece of it over, only replace people who cannot change things even if they wanted to (and they usually don't)
    • sovereign3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+62There's no need to sensationalize the story. It's purely a procedural measure. The submitter writes "dissolves" as though Putin just became an overnight dictator.
    • painhertz, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7At least he didn't LIQUIDATE government like he did in Chechnya.
    • trogdor282, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This is how things work in parliamentary countries!! Not saying it's we shouldn't watch it closely, but sheesh...
    • EBFoxbat, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16But did you hear that Brittney's performance at the VMA's totally sucked?
    • stinkipete, on 10/10/2007, -13/+8Apparently it's not caught anybody's attention.

      Nobody's even said the doozy:

      IN SOVIET RUSSIA, GOVERNMENTS DISSOLVE YOU!
    • Urzeitlich, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Maybe because the Dissolution of Parliament is common in most countries before election?
      • IEatHamburgers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4^most countries with a Parliament
    • lowbot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Because a dissolution of a parliamentary government is pretty damn common and almost meaningless. The ukreaine just did it. The italians and spanish too. What this usually means is that power sharing is going to go a different way.

      This doesnt happen in the US for a variety of reasons. Mainly the breakdown of powers, two party system, and the simple majority votes in the house/senate.
    • Alegoo92, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1It got more than that on FOX.. but wasn't treated as 'big news' still-- maybe because it's still developing?
      • hmunkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Fox is worse than CNN.
        • Alegoo92, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2does that change the fact that it got more airtime.

          CNN sucks worst, btw.
    • hmunkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Britney Spears had about 200 times the coverage of this. And why do people watch CNN?
    • evanpugface, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4wow... scary headline, lots of diggs... panicky thoughts of a nuclear holocaust.... then i read the article.. wtf... why make it sound so ***** scary?? damn u diggers
    • sbgskl, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2God, you're ***** retarded. I know I'll get buried but it needs to be said. When people talk about ignorant Americans, they mean YOU.
  • blorc, on 10/10/2007, -52/+39In Mother Russia, government dissolv--oh, wait.
    • MonarchWastxD, on 10/10/2007, -11/+8THIS WAS FUNNY! WHY DIGG DOWN BITCHES?
    • lukas88, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'm tired of these jokes too, but this one was not bad.
    • justinx0r, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2OH SHI-
  • Lixie, on 10/10/2007, -51/+404Putin has recently tested new bombs, dissolved the government, and annexed the North Pole. This is going to get ugly.
    • ZacT, on 10/10/2007, -11/+23Cold War II anyone?
      • vanscott, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Putin Boogaloo?
        • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1nice, i didnt think anyone else saw that movie. it was hilarious and i recommend picking it up sometime if you havent seen it.
      • MOJIRA, on 05/17/2008, -0/+13Cold War II? Sounds fun. This whole "War on Terror' thing is getting old. Let's try something new.
        • Langford, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5We can't, we're out of money now.
        • mkameli, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Maybe we should just roll it up into one war. Give Fox News a few months and the majority of Americans will be convinced Russians have always been muslim.
      • DiggMasterJ, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Putin already announced it. Where have you been? Let me catch you up:

        1 US announces it will put missiles in Poland, and a radar in the Czech Republic.
        2 Russia says ***** you that is a direct threat to us and your radar will be spying on our sovereign airspace.
        3 US says ***** you it is to counter the missile threat the middle east might one day become, and we won't look into your airspace
        4 Russia says ***** you put your ***** ***** in Azerbaijan.
        5 US says that's a good ***** idea, maybe we will think about it when we are done with this missile base.
        6 Russia says ***** this *****, it's on, ***** you and your allies, my ***** missiles are now aimed at all the major European Cities, Cold War 2 Bitches - this time it's personal.
        • DustinR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2***** the ***** *****.
        • specialK16, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Nobody could have explain this better.
        • GliTCH82, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I would totally watch cable news networks if they gave the news in the format you just used. Except, I want them to add words like "beef", "wif", "troof" and "bitches".
      • MioTheGreat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Good.

        We've been slipping on science and technology. Maybe another Cold War will fix that.
    • fyrehart, on 10/10/2007, -5/+43Don't forget "test flying" their aircraft.
      • griz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+26Hey, we test fly aircraft too, with nukes on board. Oh wait, what was over our own country.
    • asskicker32, on 10/10/2007, -5/+10Please... Putin is just getting rid of the people who arent working as well...
    • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -13/+8Don't live in fear. The bark is worse than the bite. This has been proven over history when dealing with the Soviet Union and other crazy led countries.
    • typicalusername, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8Me for one, I'm ready to go! Leave it to the Russians to not do some crazy ass thing, like suicide bombs. Come on Ruskies! Plus, we get more movies with Sean Connery playing a russian!
    • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4Yea, and guess who is stretched to the limit right now? Chances of us being able to contend with the uprising of another super power right are slim to none. We have all of our eggs in the "War on Terror" basket and we can't even keep up with that. If Russia becomes a super power again we are *****...
      • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Wait a minute!? I've been duped! His position as President is part of this dissolve. After the parliamentary elections the a new president will be appointed...
        • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1@weeeeezzll
          did you forget about the planes, tanks, bombs, ships, subs and other things we arent using right now?

          put my comment in the wrong place, AJAX FTW!
      • TheUnashamed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2You think Iraq has all of our eggs?

        I think your forgetting how many trillions of dollars our defense budget gets.
        We've still got plenty of eggs, heck, they haven't even instated a draft.
    • seanherman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19They also recently bombed Georgia, a long time adversary, presumably to reassert their influence over the former Soviet Bloc.
      http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/06/russia.georgia.reut/index.html?eref=rss_latest
      Russia has also very recently started flying their strategic nuclear bombers (one of three parts of comprehensive nuclear strike capability alongside ICBMs and nuclear submarines)
      http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/17/russia.airforce.reut/
      I've mentioned this before in Russia conversations, but it's even clearer now. Russia is taking the golden opportunity of the world's only superpower (US) most vulnerable position since the collapse of the Soviet Union to its advantage. With America bogged down with two wars, its diplomatic leverage and reputation in shambles (especially in the Middle East and Europe), and the lamest of lame duck Presidents with an administration collapsing with over a year left, there's no better time for Russia to step up the aggression. Considering our adversarial history, this could mean things will be very scary a few years down the line.
      • Abilities, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8Thank u for supporting ur facts. a facet over looked by today's media.
        • psyjoniz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3holy crap why is this comment being dugg down?? this is a GREAT observation on something diggers with big mouths should take notes from!!!! (now be a good digger and thumbs down!)

          Abilities - have a digg back.
      • zeromancer, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4US is the last remaining superpower? lol. if china felt like it, they could erase the US from the planet even if we knew it was coming.
        • halothar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3No, they couldn't.
        • arjie, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Yay! National Pride Wars! Go Halothar.

          China does have enough nuclear weaponry to do that. The US does too, and so does Russia.
        • RxDaniel, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Pretty much any country that can produce nukes could wipe the human race from the planet if they felt like it.
      • PhantomRogue, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Maybe Putin and Mother Russia doing all this, will expediate the process of the US getting out of the Middle East...

        Well... I can dream can't I?
      • netant, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Fear mongering. What Putin is doing is nothing more than local politics and trying to look relevant. Russia is a remnant of a former superpower. Today, it has some military technology, ostracized by the West for its past history, and was pretty much ignored in the past decade. He makes "provocative" flights to make the world think Russia's still a player. He does stupid military actions to cow his neighbors when he thinks he can get away with it. It doesn't help that those neighbors haven't demonstrated much stability, and seem to think they can antagonize the bear with impunity if they cozy up to the West. He's trying to improve his market presence with the one manufactured good Russia can claim to have value: arms.

        A key concept of any form of relations is to not make an unnecessary enemy (or make a partisan ally of another opponent/competitor, say China). I wonder if the US will be able to conduct real diplomacy after Bush is gone.
    • RedRummy, on 10/10/2007, -12/+6While the US has used bombs in anger, ignored government and conquered Iraq.... it already IS ugly.
      • seanherman, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7What the hell are you talking about? That has nothing to do with the topic at hand. This conversation is about Russia, which has apparently escaped you.

        You don't need to remind us Iraq is a nightmare, and the US is in deep *****. We all know, you're not going to be awarded the Pulitzer for reminding people in every possible conversation. It's not edgy, thoughtful or constructive to bring up Iraq for the sake of bringing up Iraq.
    • ngmcs8203, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4The Russian Prime Minister and Japanese Prime Minister resigned as well. I have a feeling with all that oil that Russia is sitting on Putin is gearing up for something and no one wants to listen.
      • Monk22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3why not apparently every one else in the world is turning into a giant crybaby. if i was him i probably would to. nothing like a little cold war in the afternoon to freshen your day.
      • netant, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Fearmongering. The Japanese PM resignation is utterly unrelated. The PM resigned because the opposition party calls the shots, and they are making the parliamentary gov't act in a manner he doesn't want to be responsible for; namely cut off military resupply operations with the US.

        The collapse of the US will come from within. Look at its currency problems, look at its bad loans, look at its trade deficits, look at the looming social security crisis, look at it being sucked alive, militarily and economically, in Iraq.

        I've always had contempt for the notion that Reagan defeated the USSR by upping US military spending. Sure it worked, but ONLY because the USSR tried to match the US in spending and positioning. It they didn't take the bait, got out of Afghanistan, and lived within its means, the USSR could still be standing today.

        The dumbassed American voter and the gov't it elects is its worst enemy.
    • eclipsephoto, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27Annexed the North Pole?!? WTF!! I hope Santa kicks his ass!
      • darkened, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Santa FTW!
        • arjie, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2Rudolph's nose was radioactive. Santa is dead.
          • natedouglas, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Ass-cancer. Rudolph was a brown-noser.
      • DiggMasterJ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1His bag of toys doesn't contain one functional weapon. Santa will have to get all his weapons from us, just like Israel. How ironic.
    • bobdotcom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Wow, you guys are all dumb. You know that vacation that lawmakers take every year? Well, thats called "dissolving" government. All it means is that everyone takes a break. Its not like he suddenly said "Hey, ***** you government, I'm gonna run ***** now." (Not that anything would change were he to do so.) Dissolution of government is a normal thing, nothing to make headlines.
      • tunapez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The capitalization in the headline was very deceiving, what I don't get is why it's still being Dugg up?
        Now I'm second guessing we really did capture Osamma last week.

        Digg is looking alot like Fox and CNN lately.
        Next up : Gun toting, bikini wearing Wii chicks hurl sIphone at unsuspecting Brittney fanatic, Ron Paul commentary at 11.
    • arosin, on 10/10/2007, -5/+3You bet your ass its gonna get ugly, Communism is making a comeback
    • HUKI365, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1And sold subs to indonesia...
    • MrFisty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Awesome. Government dissolving bombs.
  • Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -16/+97Putin is preparing for his in-title-only resignation as President.
    He's not going to give up any power, but it's nonetheless wise to get rid of anyone who's not yes-man enough to pose a threat - which is exactly what he's doing.
    • Hortnon, on 10/10/2007, -3/+33From what I understand, 'dissolving the government' is a bit strong of a phrase. The government is still in place, he's essentially just replacing his cabinet, probably for the reasons you point out.
    • asskicker32, on 10/10/2007, -9/+6I agree. I read "dissolving the government" and then I RTFA and saw that he was just changing around his cabinet. One source I heard from is that Putin provided several directions to this outgoing PM and none were acted on, and Medvedev, the Gas giant is more molded after Putin and gets results.

      Once again, I like Putin. He gets things done.
      • vanscott, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Get things done? Give your head a shake man. By the same argument Bush and Cheney get things done, Hitler got things done, the "terrorists" got things done.

        You should like people/politicians for doing the things they say they will do.

        And by the way. Putin isn't a very nice guy. http://www.macleans.ca/world/global/article.jsp?content=20070903_109073_109073
        • DustinR, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1OK Hitler got things done, but what exactly have Bush and Cheney been good at doing besides ***** over America.
          No victory in Iraq or Afghanistan, no martial law, and whatever else they have ***** up. At every thing in Bush's life he has been complete inept, the only success he has is winning the election and getting reelected.
      • natedouglas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4"That Mussolini might be a bastard, but at least the trains ran on time."

        (of course, they didn't...)
  • crushtheenemy, on 10/10/2007, -14/+0this may put a spin on things.
  • totorototoro, on 10/10/2007, -37/+15Meanwhile....the U.S. ignores the rising problems in the rest of the world, and continues to dick around in Iraq, promising to "bring 30,000 troops home" next year, which would pretty much leave us EXACTLY where we were before the "surge".
    • 3tcp, on 10/10/2007, -12/+27This doesn't have anything to do with the US you prick
      • totorototoro, on 10/10/2007, -18/+8Wow, you really do live in a bubble. :p
    • myxyplik, on 10/10/2007, -10/+6I dugg you up tortorotortoro, because this is going to bite us in the ass in the long term.
    • gonzoblair, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6Hahah I wondered how many replies till some tard tried to hand-wave away "But but the US has problem too omg! ignore this!" Earth to stupid people, more than 1 country can ***** up at once.
  • crashbang, on 10/10/2007, -22/+11Putin is one scary em-effer. I wonder how the Russians feel about this chest thumper?
    • markp93, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19He is quite popular in Russia, actually.
      • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6Just like Saddam was in Iraq?
        • MozzieTS, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10no, more like stalin
        • mike17032, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2And Hitler was in Germany.

          When people have very little, someone talking about getting them more is exactly what they want to hear.
    • rootofunity, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9One of my Russian friends told me his Grandfather back in Russia told him that things are beginning to look alot more like the old USSR again. So as stated earlier Cold War II is already on its way.

      Perhaps this will be a good counter balance to our war on Global Warming :P (might as well call it a war since we war with everything else)
      • evlpanda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Yes with all the Louis Vuitton and Mercedes Benz and buying of UK Premier League footlball teams. It's so Soviet.
    • rootofunity, on 10/10/2007, -12/+1My friends Grandfather back in Russia told him that things are beginning to look alot like the old USSR over there. So I guess you can say Cold War II is already upon us.

      Perhaps this is just what we need to help counter Global Warming
      • Charlotte_Web, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I'm still waiting for that Global Cooling that all the scientists in the 1970's promised us was coming...
    • rootofunity, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1My friend told me his grandfather back in Russia told him that Russia is beginning to look alot like the old USSR. Cold War II is already upon us.

      Perhaps this will be a good counter to Global Warming :P MB a lil cold warm will bump it down to Room Temperature Warming OR we may be welcoming Nuclear Winter at this rate
    • jellygraph, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2have you met the average russian?
    • Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5He's loved in Russia.
      Not least because he controls the media, and have given them strict orders what they may report, and what they may not. They may not report any bad news about Putin, for instance, and must put a pro-russian spin on the reports of the various foreign policy scandals/saber rattling (Georgian, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Khazakstan... who else has he threatened to invade and nuke? Oh yeah, Ukraine).
      At the same time oil & gas money are flowing in and not all of it stays with the obscenely rich oligarchs in the nomenklatura, some of it trickles down to the ordinary russians.

      So from the POV of the average russian Putin is a staunch defender of Russia against foreign aggression, and the guy who made russia rich and powerful again.
  • DjDimitrious, on 10/10/2007, -21/+484STOP with the sensationalist headlines. This commonplace in many countries prior to an election. Read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament
    • jferrari, on 10/10/2007, -2/+75Yes, the UK does it too, it does not mean WW3 is coming, just a new bunch of useless ***** in the government.
    • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -17/+4Commonplace in many countries that are unstable politically or going through drastic power grabs as it appears Putin is getting ready to do.
      • edjenkins234, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Our government gets "dissolved" pretty much yearly, just not all branches at once.
        Putin doesn't need to make a "power grab" he has all the power he could ever want, Russia is actually very stable politically right now. The older (30+) generation in Russia regrets the day that the Soviet Union broke up and yearns for Russia to be seen as a real power in global politics, hence why Putin does things that aren't really anything other than posteuring but knows will whip up the western media in a "omg cold war 2!!!111" frenzy.
        Please inform yourself before you make stupid ass comments like above.
      • evilregis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9Yes. UK, Canada, Australia et al are on the verge of being taken over by crazed despots. Way to not read the link.
        • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -6/+2the ability to dissolve and DOING it are two different things. Way to not comprehend the link.
        • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4TJATL: The sitting president always calls for dissolve-ment (if thats a word) of the government. If the president refuses to dissolve then it will happen automatically after 5 years.
        • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2@TJATL: The queen does it every 4 or 5 years. Admittedly she is a crazed despot, but that's not the point.
    • Sogui, on 10/10/2007, -4/+75Stop with your calm, collected rationality!
      • diggomaniac, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It's absolutely sickening when you let logic cloud your mind.
    • lucidapathy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17Damn you for teaching me something today! And so early too!
    • dawgma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Canada has dissolved Parliament a few times. Unlike the United States where elections are held like clockwork every two years in November (every four for a new President), it's somewhat standard procedure to have the Prime Minister dissolve Parliament a few months before a national election is called. Martin did it in '05 and Chretien did it before him.
      • Dagfari, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0And Harper will hopefully be doing it too, and soon! (what can I say, I'm an NDP hopeful.)
    • mandarin, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4CNN uses the same title too
      • 1337Einstein, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Oh, well in that case I guess its ok, after all, it's not sensationalism if cnn does it, right?
        [/sarcasm]
      • IEatHamburgers, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That's because CNN (and therefore most Americans) don't know that the British parliamentary system works differently than the American system. However, the differences can work both ways, such as when I seen an Aussie on Digg ask who was going to replace Bush after the 2006 elections came in the Democratic party's favor (in America you vote for who gets to be leader, who just happens to represent a party, rather than in this other system where you vote for a local representative, and whoever's party gets the most representatives gets to pick the leader).
    • donkz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5One's just gotta be too stupid to read UK sources on Russia's matters and take them seriously after everything that happened during last year. Whoever submitted this article did qualify.
    • kaelyiesta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Thanks, the title was completely misleading and my mouth was hanging open until I read that link you posted.
    • Ellipson, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Thanks for posting that. I'm sure we're going to get 4-5 more of these on the front page today, but we can at least give this link to the idiots each time.
    • bobburn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Dissolving of the government does NOT mean that he has gotten rid of it, in many European nations the current Administration is know as the current "Government." Italy had 2 "government" dissolutions last year, yet no one said a thing :p
    • necbone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Did not know this=)
    • yingjai, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Haha. I see people refusing to believe this is normal before an election as some people are digging down your comment.
      Thumbs up to the ignorant freaks! /sarcasm
    • Lanik1999, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I had no idea.
  • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -19/+6This guy gets more insane by the day.
    • Jeez, on 10/10/2007, -4/+2reminds u of a another world leader right?
      • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4who is claiming the north pole? who is testing new bigger bombs? who is dissolving the government? .
        • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Practically the entire Bush administration stepped down now that elections are starting to heat up... dissolving government anyone?

          LOL
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0That wacky Putin
      • WorldLeader, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Me?
    • greenlight2001, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Maybe he is SO insane that he comes right back around again into the realm of the completely sane...

      I just blew your mind, didn't I?
    • asskicker32, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Hardly. This guy acts. No doubt he is corrupt, but he is taking care of his people and setting up for the elections.

      I think if you want a poster child of insanity, look at Bush/Cheny
      • Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Much as I dislike Putin and consider him the godfather of the russian mafia, the capo di tutti capi of oligarchs, I gotta agree: he's not crazy.
        He's more like Vetinari in Terry Pratchetts books than Stalin. Well, if Vetinari was motivated by a burning nationalist zeal to turn Ankh-Morpork into an empire.
      • tekrat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1None of these guys are insane. Putin is navigating the (soon to be revived) Soviet Union for a take other of western civilization. If you know anything about the 'perfect day' you know it when radical Muslim cells act together. A single cell activates a trigger event that gets national media attention (like 9/11). Once that large scale event is triggers other cells trigger their own individual events.

        When that happens western civilization (not just the US but all of Europe) will be in chaos for a few weeks. Putin will strike key locations in Europe (like Georgia) and extend itself to key energy production points. Putin will actually be seen as a peace keeper selling (relatively) cheap oil to friendly countries that can’t or will not deal with the OPEC union.

        So how is it that Bush / Cheney are not insane? These last few years we have been occupying a former hot bed of radical Muslim terrorism. As an occupying force we have sown the seeds of decision among these radical sects. The occupation has also brought democracy to any area that barely knew what democracy was. Finally we have 1,000% more intelligence in the region then we did with previous administrations. So knew that that the ‘perfect day’ was coming and we’ve have been preparing for this 'perfect day'.

        So welcome to the Cold War 2. Now we’re fighting on 4 major fronts (US, USSR [oil and security], radical Muslims [oil and security], and China [economic security].)
      • seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0poster *children* genius. Geez.
  • BOFH2, on 10/10/2007, -15/+4I said it about 2 months ago on digg. Here comes the cold war again. I am sure that the next step is to re-annex the russian states that became independant.
    • Learning2fly2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Do you even understand politics? You are supposed to dissolve the government before the next election. Putin isn't crazy on this issue (yes just this issue), it is normal politcs. This has nothing to do with a cold war. Do your politics homework before you learn to use the internet
  • RST1123, on 10/10/2007, -20/+72 weeks later..
    "Vladamir Putin names George W. Bush his successor."
    • fyrehart, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1"Terrorists Win!"
    • AJRiddle, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2You know they hate each other, right?
      • fyrehart, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5That's what they WANT you to think.

        (Tinfoil hat - check.)
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1That would actually be great. I would take Putin as Bush's successor too
    • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1RST1123: HAhahahaha...tyvm...that was hilarious!
  • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -20/+11And yet every day someone with no concept of reality tries to argue that the U.S is a facist state.
    • AJRiddle, on 10/10/2007, -6/+4What does this have to do with anything?
  • AJRiddle, on 10/10/2007, -9/+44Can we ever submit important news with credible sources?
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_eu/russia_government;_ylt=AsvPefyD6rS6HUI9wOc4LBqs0NUE

    All the news says every where else is that Putin (President of Russia) nominated Zubkov for Prime Minister.
  • andrewdundee, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3The Russians have already invaded Canada
  • evilregis, on 10/10/2007, -6/+32DjDimitrious beat me to it... dig me down, please. It'd be nice to have the option to delete your own reply within the 2 minute edit window.
    • bemenaker, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1As is Russia. non issue. :)
    • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1edit text down to nothing..
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0still if you use some of the tools to check your digg comments it will show you that people accidently clicked a comment and then deleted it down but it still counts somehow as an attempted comment. It's just one more of the reasons the digg comment section is broke: capchas are sometimes impossible to read (and who the hell would send a bot to comment on a news story? OK maybe Ron Paul would but I digress). Cursors disappear while the capcha is showing, making it a pain in the ass to correct a mispelling- you have to guess where it's going to type..... etc etc etc etc etc etc I would love to see a better comment section
    • gavin422, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4+1 for a delete option.
    • DiggMasterJ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2-1 because he asked nicely
  • Armor1901, on 10/10/2007, -17/+3In Soviet Russia, government dissolves YOU!
    Sorry, it had to be done.
    • fyrehart, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3It was, except with Mother Russia. And it was dugg down. You'll probably end up with the same fate.
    • neszis, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3No it didn't.
  • barthook, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1Had he not started testing new bombs, restarted Cold War bombing runs, etc., this would be a non-story. This could be nothing. The next two weeks will let us know.
    • netant, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh pulleeeze. Like GWB testing NEW NUKES, invading countries, etc.?

      It IS NOTHING. The next two weeks is either going to be the start of an economic contraction in the US/World, or another scary case of almost. Unless the US bombs Iran.
  • Smiley09, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1People need to stop letting the crazies in their lives from getting immense power, say... like.... running a country.
    • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well hopefully the US will do a better job in the upcoming election than they have in the past two...oh wait, were you talking about the US?
  • lovek, on 10/10/2007, -10/+22Wow, between that and Russia testing the "father of all bombs" (http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/09/12/russia.bomb.ap/index.html),maybe we can have a Cold War II.
    Cons: Constant fear of Global Thermonuclear War and imminent death.
    Pros: Space race to Mars!
    • parasitewasp, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Good post...don't forget to mention that the liberals here in the US would be very happy

      I say give communism another try to see if it works this time...lol
      • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just so you know... the USSR was not a true communist government. There has never been one in existence. Just like the US is not a true democracy. It is a democratic government but not a true democracy. You have much to learn about these systems and how they have been implemented in the present and in the past.
      • natedouglas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, because we love to hear you idiots bitch about someone other than Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. "Liberals: out to destroy America, or just rape our children and consume our souls?"
    • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Space race to Uranus?
    • johnnall, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Another Pro: Great movies like we had in the 80's
    • netant, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1GET A FREAKING GRIP PEOPLE!

      What Putin tested was a thermobaric bomb. What is that? A really large oil drum of gasoline that aerosolizes over the target before its ignited. Its a big gasoline driven explosive, that's all. Granted, its a devastating weapon if you're under it, and will suck the air out of your lungs as you experience explosive decompression, but its a weapon that could have been implemented during WW II. And the US had it first by at least a decade.
  • Bostocks, on 10/10/2007, -1/+47Putin may be a very undemocratic leader, but I believe he is dissolving the parliament to get ready for parliamentary elections according Russian law.
    • sedatedgodzilla, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I am a news writer covering Russia, and this is true.
    • gfair, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yeah, you gotta love the "say anything for attention" mentality of people that write headlines leaving out crucial information, like the fact that every government in the world dissolves its Parliament before holding elections.

      Digg becomes more like a tabloid magazine every day, I swear.
  • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -1/+96You guys do know this is allowed in their constitution right? This is not a big deal. Our interpretation of the dissolution of a gov and theirs are different. He didn't do anything not allowed by their own constitution. This is an example of our media and bloggers ability to sensationalize non-events.
  • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -13/+3Putin wants a new Soviet Union.
    • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Putin wants to be known as the great democratizer of Russia AND be a major political power after he leaves office. You really should do some actual research into Russia and its political leaders before making a stupid claim like this. This may come as a shock to you but our media and bloggers love to speak w/o really knowing what they are talking about.
      • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3So why did he kill that whistle blower?
        • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2You have a lot to learn about Russia and its history and you will not learn anything from the propaganda machine otherwise known as the media. By our standards yes Putin is a real SOB but you can not deny he has been the most effectual leader Russia has had since the fall of the USSR. Speak to some REAL Russians or read up on Russia's history since the fall of the USSR. You find it very interesting. He has done a lot to improve things in Russia.
      • Junkyarddawg, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Democratizer of Russia?! Are you on drugs?
        • norman619, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5The way he does things is a bit whacked but yes that is what he wants for his legacy. I have spent enough time in Russia to know this is fact. How much do you actually know about the country and its leaders? I'm willing to bet you don't know a whole lot. Putin's tactics are questionable but you can not deny the end result. Russia is in MUCH better shape now than it was before he became president. Try to remember Russia is still young democracy. Try to remember where it was compared to where it is now. They are still very much in their "wild west" stage but things are improving. You can not expect them to go from the USSR style of social control to the US style in just a few years. That kind of change takes time. Meaningful change never happens overnight.
    • tenrec, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Actually he wants the old Soviet Union. Stalin is his hero.
  • thebillgonadz, on 10/10/2007, -2/+30You guys are making a Soviet mountain out of a molehill. This is totally common and not something to get all up in arms about.
    • weeeezzll, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4It's funny how worked up Red Staters get when another country is testing bombs, and weapons..but if the US were to test some they would be perfectly fine with that...

      If any other country were to invade another country in the same fashion that we did Iraq we probably would have intervened and labeled them with the likes of Hitler...
    • Jerky1312, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If you say so. *puts down shotgun*
  • jhnewt, on 10/10/2007, -1/+29Apparently "Putin accepts resignation of the prime minister" == "Putin dissolves government". This isn't as scary as some news sources are making it sound.
    • annenk38, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0That's what happens when the media decides to publish what it anticipates to happen as fact.
  • winston1138, on 10/10/2007, -6/+1Well this just can't be good.
  • datastorageguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32I love how the submitter capitalizes DISSOLVES..as if this were not a legitimate parliamentary practice. I'm no supporter of Putin to be sure, but let's all try to be realistic here.
    • natedouglas, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2President BOARDS AIR FORCE ONE!!!! omg top gun
  • cyberdogg, on 10/10/2007, -18/+5***** is about to hit the fan. Putin knows what is going on, so he probably took the measure in preparation.

    United States is officially bankrupt. The Fed injected well over $200 BILLION since August 9. Where do they get the money? Printing tons of cash out of thin air, thereby creating a monstrous credit bubble. Financial catastrophe in North America may be inevitable. US Dollar is very weak at this moment. Iran demanded Japan pay for oil in yen currency. United States government -- really authoritarian plutocrat-oligarchy -- demand Dollar hegemony be upheld at all times.

    I produced a short video what might happen soon.

    http://www.digg.com/videos/educational/Zionist_New_World_Order_after_2007_A_D
    • datastorageguy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I hate your face.
    • AModlin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Are you ***** retarded?
    • ZekeSulastin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Why did I take the time to watch that? Was that some sick joke of a crappy parody of a conspiracy theory film? Or do you actually believe both what was peddled in the video and that the video was effective at all?

      Besides, your post looks like good old Timecube. Ahh, Timecube, how I love thy 4 simultaneous 4-corner cubic days ...
  • repins, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4Say hello to the new boss....just like the old boss.....now if he suspends elections he is KING!!

    And with the "Dad of all bombs" he can finally flatten those peasants in Chechnya
    • TJATL, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1without contaminating the land......brilliant!
    • parasitewasp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Are there still people in Chectnya?
  • gwrongo, on 10/10/2007, -14/+21Haha,a bunch of stupid Americans who don't understand different political systems is what all the fuss about this is.
    • datastorageguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7There are quite a few posts here indicating the contrary (if indeed they are Americans)
      • netant, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1It doesn't matter. Enough of them voted for Bush in 2004.
    • ophilye, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I don't understand the words you are typing.

      Please try rearranging them into less of a jumbled mess. I suggest, for starters, not ending in a preposition. Thank you.
    • Zonku, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Hm...too bad the article is from the UK.
  • annenk38, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8More FUD. It was PM (Fradkov) who requested the dissolution. The request backfired. Instead, Putin replaced Fradkov himself. Way to report news, guys.
  • Philodox, on 10/10/2007, -2/+50to the OP:

    You're an idiot. Canada dissolves its parliament approximately once every four years. Does that mean it's becoming a dictatorship? No. It's a perfectly valid thing to do right before an election.
    • gfair, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Note that the title says "government" and not parliament, again making use of a ridiculous title to grab attention.
    • Marmista, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Canada?? Is that a country??? I thought Canada was just a northern state in the United States of North America.
  • robbied462, on 10/10/2007, -11/+10You think Bush is sitting is his office thinking "... you can do that?"
    • kingp, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Digg him up!

      "saber beats rock...hehehe"
    • Jereso, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Silly boy, Bush doesn't think!
    • Jereso, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Silly Robbied462, Bush doesn't think!
    • EbowUK, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Is National Typing Stammer day somewhere? Everyone seems to be posting twice.
  • Ubiquitous, on 10/10/2007, -5/+31In Soviet Russia, Government dissolves YOU!
    • gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Jakov Smirnoff. +1 Most of these youngsters are probably completely ignorant of his comedy.

      hehe. nice comment.
    • sovereign3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I think that's the first time I actually dug one of those Soviet Russia comments up!
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I like them. I also like some of the mother / father bomb jokes today :0
    • KirbyMeister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That was probably the best Soviet Russia in several years.
  • Smokersroom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Jeez, he has to dissolve parliament in order to initiate a new government.That is the protocol of the Duma. We do it before a general election in Britain too, y'know.

    NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY HERE.
  • DeFex, on 10/10/2007, -3/+10What kind of acid dissolves government i want some.
  • NineFathomDeep, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Ah! The power of sensationalism...
  • drafhk, on 10/10/2007, -3/+7Since this is Russia, shouldn't the headline read "Government DISSOLVES Putin!"
  • ironicsans, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15Sure, it can dissolve. But will it blend?
    • scfcats, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0That is the question! Government smoke, don't breathe this.
  • shieldsmw, on 10/10/2007, -5/+0every 3rd or 4th time you refresh the page, there is some guy holding up his daughter to be murdered by spartans... weird
  • uptown, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4PUTIN: Can [the United States] trust Russia? I'm not going to answer that. I could ask the very same question.

    PRESIDENT BUSH: I will answer the question. I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul; a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country. And I appreciated so very much the frank dialogue.

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/06/20010618.html
    • wankelrotary, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Funny, I just heard Sinatra start playing in my head.
  • slimasian, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7I hope Putin nominates Zangief to be prime minister. :-P
  • sugarhigh4242, on 10/10/2007, -7/+9Don't worry guys. Our leader, President George W. Bush looked into Mr. Putin's soul and believes him to be a decent man. If you don't trust our leader, I suggest you find another country to live.
    • CuirDail1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0anybody who trust bush is idiot monumental (big idiot).
  • dawgma, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15See now... America might benefit from doing this more often. In Canada, when "confidence" in our governing national party is low (i.e. they are having difficulty passing legislation), the Prime Minister will actually dissolve Parliament and the country will head to the polls a few months later.

    That's right. Our leader will actually give the country a chance to change up the government if things aren't running smoothly for the governing party.

    Because of this we tend to have elections with a chance to replace our Prime Minister every few years. Could be 2. Could be 4. Could be just one year later. Unfortunately for you Americans, your basically stuck with what you got for 4 years no matter what. Unless Congress actually grows some balls and decides to impeach.
    • dvandewalle, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1well, that's part true. our government is mandated just like the US government to go before the people for a vote, but ours is every 5 years, not 4 like the US system. the PM however can call an election whenever he wants (unlike the US system) as a check and balance into how the government is running, and is supposed to be there to make sure the people are happy with the people leading the country. usually the PM will only wait 4 years to call an election (waiting all 5 is considered a sign of weakness, and also opens the ruling party up to various other political problems i don't have time to get into), and even though it is supposed to be "for the people" elections tend to be held when it makes political sense.
      • dawgma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1True. The Prime Minister's reasons for dissolving Parliament are usually for far less idealistic reasons that I originally implied. If they are doing great in the polls after three years, they may call an election just to make sure they can secure another 3 or 4. But there have been a few cases where low confidence has forced the Prime Minister's hand to call an election. I like knowing we have this option in our country and that we actually use it.
        • Dagfari, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0If I recall correctly, there's a certain number of failed bills that can be reached. That number might be one - as I heard somewhere, that's why a minority government doesn't table any new motions, as if they fail they will be forced to call an election.
    • Avor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0The legislative branch of the United States is broken up into two parts. The terms for each: Senate 6 years, House of Representatives 2 years. One third of the Senate gets voted on every two years; thus only 1/3 can be replaced (if none get reelected) every two years. Its a gradual change system.
    • RxDaniel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If you hate Bush do you really want him to have the power to dissolve congress? That kinda kills the whole checks and balances thing.
      • dawgma, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If Bush dissolved congress, you would have to have an election once he did that. Dissolving the government doesn't mean the President gets to hand pick a bunch of representatives... or leave the House empty... it means the citizens get a chance to elect new leadership.
        • Dagfari, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Also, under a parliamentary system like in Canada, the Prime Minister is also a Member of Parliament, and would have to run for office again. You know, I think that the American system would benefit from some of our checks and balances sometimes. Imagine if ONE failed bill in either the house or senate would cause a new election to take place...
  • T8erT0T, on 10/10/2007, -7/+9Red Dawn on the horizon. Get ready boys.
    WWWWOOOLLLVVERRRIIIINEEESSS!!!
    • inajeep, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Count down till USA network put in on.
      • JJsays, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1it was on last week, marks the 3400th time I have watched that movie.
    • Loki00000, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Boy's, AVENGE MEEEEE!!!!!
  • an0nymous, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6The regional governors now have direct control over their territories. Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.
  • parasitewasp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6@NineFatomsDeep

    "Ah! The power of sensationalism.." nothing unusual here on Digg

  • GrabAss, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2He stole our Superbowl ring!
  • protogenxl, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I have Only One Thing to Say.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=BLi_m656tQQ
  • AzMegladon, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8I find this ***** amazing, Tony Snow's Final press conf. and only one covering it is MSNBC? I switch over to cnn and fox and they are talking about Spears and Imus? WTF
    • DarkSideofMoon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Dude, read the article. This is nothing huge at all. It's not like Putin is King of Russia all of a sudden. Dissolving governments happens all the time before an election.

      My god, I think people are trying to make current events seem bigger than they actually are so they can tell they're grandkids, "Yup... I remember when Putin dissolved the government. Those next few weeks were times of uncertainty." Sure it sounds kinda cool when our parents talk about how the world could have ended in their time, but let's not try to relive those times.

      C'mon guys. Let's call a spade a spade on this one.
      • CuirDail1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1no, when other countries dissolve gov't, they dont really get rid, they just let it take a nep for a month or two. Putin killed gov't. he put it to sleep, like the pound puts a dog to sleep thats been there too long.
    • hobbitaussie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Because this is not a big deal.
    • GamerzCorner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I agree this isent a huge event but neither is spears an imus...no one cares about either of them
  • codehkr, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0After Iraq, Iran, america needs a new reason for war... what will america do?

    U.S Government: "Oh putin... you scallywag... way to come to our aid in seeking a war!"
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