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The elections in Russia weren’t really an example for extraordinarily ‘well done’ democratic elections. Actually, the whole Putin-era hasn’t been definable as a democratic rein either. Be it elections or media censorship - Russia simply shouldn’t be used as a shining example to demonstrate democracy!

But when some people demand ‘political consequences‘ [via] i have to ask myself: What for? Helle Dale has written a nice editorial in which she compares Russian elections to those held under Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship. To the end, she cites Angela Merkel:

By international standards, Russia cannot be called a democracy anymore — as German Chancellor Angela Merkel remarked to her credit. She knows something about political repression, having grown up in East Germany. There should be consequences.

Well, what she seems to neglect is that this is one of Angela Merkel’s few often-used statement-capsules: “I know something about political repression, having grown up in East Germany.” She uses those to warm up the air around her - not more (via Pispers)…

Nun ist es wieder soweit. Der Deutsch-Amerikanische Blogkarneval wird zum fünften Mal ausgetragen. Ich habe die Ehre, den deutschen Teil der Gastwirtschaft für den diesjährig letzten Karneval zu übernehmen. Der englische Teil ist bereits seit einigen Stunden bei George Mann Roper aufrufbar.

Es hat mich erstaunt, dass fast kein Beitrag Bezug nimmt zu den midterm-Wahlen in den USA. Dafür war die Themenauswahl sehr reichhaltig und breitgefächert. Ich habe versucht die Beiträge ungefähr thematisch zu sortieren, sodass der eilige Leser schneller querlesen kann.

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