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In Russia, any women who are musicians can become Pussy Riot, and the intense persecution of three of them is making Russians recognize what a tyrant Putin is.
Wikileaks reveals that the US and other countries recognize that Russia is a "virtual mafia state".
The only opposition candidate in Russia faces criminal charges of falsifying signatures in his nomination petition. The investigators are practicing intimidation tactics. Apparently Putin is not satisfied with rigging the election — he seems to wish to declare openly that Russian elections are a sham.
Russian police cracked down on an anti-Putin conference operating in parallel with the G8. Clearly Russia is no democracy now.
Corruption was bad in Russia before Putin, but now it is much worse.
It is true that Putin has corrupted and destroyed democracy in Russia and runs a corrupt and repressive regime, but war is not the way to deal with that.
*Navalny poisoning forces Merkel's party to ask: how do we hit back at Putin?* Here's a suggestion: switch to renewable energy as fast as possible. It's vitally necessary anyway, and it will eliminate demand for Russia's key exports (fossil fuels).
Bullies like Erdoğan, Putin and the conman use threats and shakedowns to get what they want, but they are no one's friend or ally.
Moscow Police Arrest up to 200 Ahead of Election Protest. Putin openly visits contempt on democracy as an act of intimidation, like what the bully does in the US.
The cheater tried to set up a hotel deal in Latvia with businessmen linked to Putin, and also to corruption. This particular proposed deal was not necessarily wrongdoing on the cheater's part, but the long list of situations where he has been involved with associates of Putin adds up to a pattern of support for a foreign tyrant.