A bit of virtual politics for you:
Mironov has headed the left-leaning Fair Russia party since its foundation in 2006. The party united pensioners, ecologists and trade union activists, but its political program is very close to the parliamentary majority United Russia party, and thus many analysts see Fair Russia as a project aimed at weakening the positions of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation rather than a genuine struggle for power.
Mr Fair Russia is currently griping about internet porn. This kind of offering must be very appealing to the people currently in charge of Egypt, for instance.
In Egypt, that's basically the role of the Muslim Brotherhood, isn't it? Fake opposition plus a sort of mafia-oid informal government network.
Posted by: Alex | September 08, 2011 at 12:22 PM
yeas, and it looks like the Brotehrhood is splitting into pro and anti establishment factions as well.
Posted by: jamie | September 08, 2011 at 12:49 PM