Russia News Pravda
The governmental pendulum in Russia has swung the arc of political variances for centuries. Today Vladimir Putin is a different type of leader, whose personal vision encompasses new ideas with old techniques. From heroes to despots, control has always involved politics in Russia with little change. However, Putin has pseudo-westernized the politics and solidified the control, setting the ultimate itinerary for the Russian Motherland.
In 1904 Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin wrote his book, One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. In it Lenin compared the governmental principles of the Bolsheviks to those of the Mensheviks and its affect on Russian politics. The term has lasted for a century when, BBC World Affairs editor John Simpson reversed Lenin’s title on September 16th, 1998 and wrote the article, Two steps forward, one step back. He says, “Russia is doing what it always does: taking two steps forward and one step back….”