[Nifster]

You apparently have not been reading any of the news out of the Soviet Union (formerly known as Russia) about the journalists , business men, and others who disagree with Putin are being rounded up and tossed in jail
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Do not kid yourself. Putin is restoring the Soviet glory (according to him). He is, was, and will always be KGB.

[Freelance Warrior]

1. I meant the theoretical dimension, what freedom of speech is from the Russian point ov view vs the American one;

2. Putin is restoring the Russian glory, not the Soviet one (according to him). The Soviet glory would mean a all-national nationalisation.

3. Those anti-Putin activists are punished for misdemeanors, except the businessmen. This makes your 'tossed in jail' inaccurate. The said businessmen did commit crimes, but too many Russians have comitted crimes in the lawless 90ies, and, if prosecuted properly, millions would be jailed. The real problem here is selective use of justice.