Putin has reversed all the liberalizing reforms carried out by his predecessor.
Putin needs to terrorize his own elite. He is more afraid of those in his own surroundings than any protests; there are people there who are at least as critical as I am because they see up close that the system doesn't work. He wants to silence them.
Consistency for me is everything.
I'm on the very blackest part of the black list.
Stupidity is not a crime.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev can no longer attend concerts by his favorite group Deep Purple without having to fear that the musicians will wear T-shirts with Pussy Riot written on them.