So, while it has been enjoyable to see some green on the screens over the past week and a half, we would advise holding off on orderingtheparty favors for a while longer.
President Dmitry Medvedev was put in the awkward position of ordering an investigation of the allegations against his own party, a party he will lead as its president starting next year.
When Turkey's prime minister visited the city last year, the local mayor, who belongs to Mr Erdogan's mildly Islamist Justice and Development (AK) party, sought to avoid his ire by orderingthe removal of a public fountain featuring bare-breasted nymphs.
Quoting a Tory peer, he told Mr Ancram his party's policy on opting out of bits of the EU was like going into McDonalds and ordering lobster thermidor.