Russia’s top judge defends authoritarianism
Recent comments by Valery Zorkin, head of Russia’s Constitutional Court, would chill the blood of freedom-loving people.
In a speech in St. Petersburg on April 7, the chairman of Russia’s Constitutional Court argued that due to the economic crisis, Russia could descend into anarchy and then turn to totalitarianism. To prevent this, he said, the Kremlin has the right to employ authoritarian methods to save the country from disaster.
So, Russia should skip the anarchy and go straight to totalitarianism?
In related news, the prosecutor’s office in Vladivostok has censored a popular slogan of Communist anti-government protestors.
The slogan “Putler Kaput!” — a play on words combining Putin and Hitler — was found by the prosecutor’s office to be offensive to Putin and has been banned from use at public gatherings and meetings.
The prosecutor’s office is mulling over bans on other popular slogans, e.g., “Down with the Dictatorship of LilliPutians!”
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