"if you don't think the press in Russia is free, go to any metro station, find the newspaper kiosk and take a gander of the full range of publications ranging from far left to far right and everything in between."
What about "Temnyky" - otherwise known as Putins instructions to the press on what spin to put on stories- which you and jb6 mimic in your posts?
Temnyky is an invented word from the NEO communism anti American web site you continue to post from.
Why don't you move to seatle and sign up on DU, nobody needs NEO communist here.