Saturday, August 18, 2012

When Putin's Thugs Came for Me

Garry Kasparov, Wall Street Journal
The only surprise to come out of Friday's guilty verdict in the trial here of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot was how many people acted surprised. Three young women were sentenced to two years in prison for the prank of singing an anti-Putin "prayer" in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. Their jailing was the next logical step for Vladimir Putin's steady crackdown on "acts against the social order," the Kremlin's expansive term for any public display of resistance.In the 100 days since Mr. Putin's re-election as president, severe new laws against...

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