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Another point...the above evidence is WHY Putin has been shutting down the presses left and right. It's sad that the fruit of democracy hasn't had enough time to incubate in Russia , because that means that Putin will by and large be successful in his strongarming of the media...

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Yes, of course, it must be the above evidence...that's why Putin is shutting down the embezzled empires of the very oligarchs that supported Yeltsin. Go listen to the Russian press, it criticizes the government all the time, more then the US press.