A new Cold War started in Vilnius

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Serb
Do you seriously believe that Soviets have flooded foreign countries with their NKVD officers to monitor elections? How exactly an officer of NKVD could supervise and intervene other man's voting? Stay behind with a gun pointed at his head?

No, it's much easier to assassinate any candidates who aren't wholly owned by the USSR.

[Serb]

And how do you force voters to vote for "Soviet owned candidates" against their will?

[_BuRjaCi_]

Originally posted by Colonâ„¢
I also seriously doubt Russia is going to keep up its pace of growth once the oil boom stops.

The oil boom won't stop until either:

1. The return of sanity and a sense of understanding that fossile fuels are limited and that we all share one world, wich we better not mess up.

OR

2. World War III taking place during the middle of the 21st century (as a result of shrinking oil reserves) and pushing humanity into the 2nd Dark Age (or is it the 3rd does the greek darke age count?)

If this dosen't happen oil prices will be high ( even if some people decide its too expensive and shearch for alternatives; it will take too long ) and the Russian goverment will be saying Chaa-Ching (and quoting cIV in the proces).

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Serb
And how do you force voters to vote for "Soviet owned candidates" against their will?

When only the approved candidate is left he simply votes for himself, and wins 1-0.

[Serb]

So, the only people who voted for the new parliament were candidates themselves and Soviets had no real support in Baltic states, right?

[Geronimo]

"It's not who votes that counts. It's who counts the votes."

[Dinner]

That must be a quote from a Republican.

[Serb]

Stalin was a communist.

[Serb]

However, I can't see how he could count the votes in foreign countries.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Serb
Do you seriously believe that Soviets have flooded foreign countries with their NKVD officers to monitor elections? How exactly an officer of NKVD could supervise and intervene other man's voting? Stay behind with a gun pointed at his head?

We're only talking about votes within parliament. Only a few officers "watching" the vote would be needed.

Originally posted by Serb
And how do you force voters to vote for "Soviet owned candidates" against their will?

How could you be in Russia and not heard of elections with only one candidate in the running?

Originally posted by Serb
Stalin was a communist.

Really?!?

[Odin]

Originally posted by Serb
Stalin was a communist.

It's an insult to people like Che and Spiffor to call Stalin a Communist.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Serb
However, I can't see how he could count the votes in foreign countries.

It's easy when the Red Army is occupying them at the time.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Vince278
We're only talking about votes within parliament. Only a few officers "watching" the vote would be needed.

Re-read the wikish!ttia's article. Their entire parliaments were re-elected and pro-Soviet candidates got a majority. So, no officers "watching" the vote in parliament were needed.

Really?!?

No sh!t, dude.

[Serb]

Originally posted by Odin


It's an insult to people like Che and Spiffor to call Stalin a Communist.

He was more of a communist, then the rest of the ever existed and still existing commies combined.

[Serb]

Originally posted by notyoueither


It's easy when the Red Army is occupying them at the time.

How? Please describe how just arrived Soviet troops could intervenued in the voting proccess.