The King is Dead! Long Live the King!

So be it! Impressive ceremony!

I was wondering if that was the same copy of the constitution that had elected governors in it still…

Also, an eery thing was not to see any people along the way of the new president\’s motorcade. Felt like Salt Lake City on a Sunday morning.

Another thing that was a stark contrast with at least US inauguration – both Putin and Medvedev were alone. There was no wife standing next to Medvedev adoring her husband during the oath.

I do not know it the interpretation was deliberate or not but права человека ended up being \”rights of men\” instead of \”human rights\”. Although interpretation in general was too seamless to be done impromptu and not pre-written.

recent list of friends and enemies….

http://wciom.ru/novosti/press-vypuski/press-vypusk/single/10111.html

Felt like Salt Lake City on a Sunday morning.

Or the City of London, also on Sunday.

I hate Kremlin. Those goddamn guards everywhere. Imagine the Brits would start inaugurating their PMs in the Tower of London. That’s how retarded the whole thing is. If Russians still pine for the imperial trappings, they need to restore the Czar, give him Kremlin and unlimited powers to feed crows and ring bells therein.

http://users.livejournal.com/_kutuzov/782062.html

I find it entirely appropriate that they use the Kremlin for the inauguration ceremony. At first glance, I though there in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. That would have been a bit much. Let’s be clear on something, Russia is still, to this day, an empire. It’s a territorial empire, which until 15 years ago still had the government of an empire. If it appropriates themes and designs from its imperial history to spruce up its new more-democratic-than-not government, so be it. The UK still has nobility, for crying out loud! How can you criticize the ceremony yesterday, while British taxpayers foot the bill for white tie ceremonies around the world – I didn’t even what that was till Bush received the Queen.

Do Brits really pay the Windsors for ceremonies? I thought they are pretty rich.