Nefir

I didn't say the Russians. I said the Russian Government. Its kinda sad that the West doesn't see what is happening there, but I am sure that the majority of Russians living in the US and other Western nations (like myself) sees the disturbing changes which are happening.

Here are a few, just off the top of my head:
- Unhealthy gov't encouragement of extreme, violent nationalism (AKA nazism)
- Constant attempts to bring down the last vestiges of free speech in the press, which are slowly succeeding. Eventually we'll see just a government-run media, which shows the people what it wants them to see. Anyone following the events surrounding Mr.Berezovsky at all?
- Putin's power grab for neighboring countries reminds me of a certain 4-letter acronym that it seems someone high up in the power structure has in mind.
- Possible gov't-staged destruction of apartment blocks within Russia to justify their actions in Chechnya. This sounds a bit tin-foil-hat, but Putin's record is against him. He's a KGB man after all.