Happy Birthday, Mr. Putin

Leading Putin critic and human rights advocate killed in Russia.

Story: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story...1890481,00.html

 

Another article from the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6031887.stm



"The Kremlin has killed freedom of speech," said one of the posters at Pushkin.

Another said "Anna was killed by cannibalist state power."

 

Why do we hear nothing at all about "freedom and democracy" in Russia from George W. Bush?

"Looking at the situation inside Russia, Masha Lipman of the Carnegie Endowment decried a "widening crackdown on democracy and individual freedoms" that amounted to a "systemic crisis in the field of human rights and democratic institutions" and undermined the rule of law."

Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldbriefing/st...1892225,00.html