The incredible journey of Russian politician Ivan Rybkin, continues along as he nears his date with Russian history. Rybkin is the Kremlin critic, who backed by a rich ex-patriot living in England, has launched a bitter campaign against President Vladimir Putin.
When we last left ole Ivan, he had just re-appeared after "disappearing" from the scene for five days. He now says, he was kidnapped, drugged and then forced to partake in an activity, which he describes a revolting. He declined to go into any further details about the incident, except to say that his captors told him he was part of a "special operation."
Rybkin has since left Russia, heading for England where he says he plans to stay until after the March 14th election, claiming he fears for his life. Rybkin never really had a chance in the election, gaining less than 1% of support during the campaign. He has managed to spend quite a bit of offshore money during the campaign and to have published a number of blistering attacks on the Putin regime. His story is just the latest in a long line of wild stories, as Russia works out the kinks in their experiment in Democracy.
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