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From your first link this is just from page one of google it goes on and on...and we were worried about the Patriot Act

President Vladimir Putin last week quietly signed into law the bill that will
increase state control over nongovernmental organizations

Russia's New Drug Law in Effect: No Jail for Drug Users

In January, Putin signed a new law transferring control of government subsidies
for regional newspapers from local politicians to the press ministry.

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed into law yesterday a bill “Of tobacco smoking limitation.” The bill was approved by the State Duma (lower house) a month ago. The law will hardly affect confirmed smokers because it just legitimates long-established rules, except that it forbids smoking at a workplace.

Russian Federation: New law stifles independent civil society
Amnesty International regrets that President Putin has signed into law the controversial amendments to laws governing civil society organizations in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempt to tighten regulations on the country's estimated 450,000 public-interest groups has been interpreted by many to be a sinister, Soviet-like crackdown on democracy

The new federal Law enacts a new Chapter of the RF Tax Code titled "Taxation in Performance of Production Sharing Agreements". The Chapter establishes a special tax scheme applicable to parties involved in production sharing agreements made in compliance with the federal law "On Production Sharing Agreements

[nw_arizona_granny]

Good morning.

The simple difference between us and them is that The Patroit act was written, approved and installed, available to read by anyone in the world.

In Russia, you turn on the radio and Putin has just signed a new law and you are in trouble for simply being alive.

Yes, President Bush can do the same, but rarely does.