[Luis Gonzalez]

Valin...Putin misses the USSR, he's said it publicly.

He blames Beslan on the fall of the Soviet Union.

Then he rolls back democratic changes.

What exactly do you think that he is doing?

[Valin]

I think he wants to go back to the "good old days".

I hope I'm wrong, but this has set alarm bells going off in my head.

FYI The Sept. issue of the American Spectator has a couple of pieces about Putin, I hope to get to them at work tomorrow.