[Androcles]

Putin has been maneuvering things for some years now to this moment when he has an excuse to destroy the new Russian government and restore his beloved Soviet empire.

How cynical. The worthy Mr Putin is simply putting the important and recently won freedoms of Russia up high and safe so they can't get dented or damaged during a tussle. I'm sure he'll give them back when the time is right...

[CWOJackson]

"The worthy Mr Putin..."

The only thing Putin is worthy of is recognizing that he is nothing but a Soviet dictator in the making with an image team...and a few pathetic cheerleaders.

[Luis Gonzalez]

"The worthy Mr Putin is simply putting the important and recently won freedoms of Russia up high and safe so they can't get dented or damaged during a tussle. I'm sure he'll give them back when the time is right..."

Before his take over in 1959, Castro promised the Cuban people to restore the 1940 Constitution, to provide an entirely civilian government, to have full democratic political freedom of statement and press and to have honest and free elections.

Apparently, the time isn't right for that yet.