Any hopes of a thaw, or a Putin-Medvedev fissure, were crushed when Medvedev's first 100 days ended with the war in Georgia. The surge of "patriotic" sentiment that followed Russia's victory threatened to take the country even further down the authoritarian road. But history works in mysterious ways. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
From the beginning when the Russian election was descrribed as rigged the story goes on with one mistake after another, with litle balance. Here's a good question. Should a reporter who describes an election as rigged, without offering any proof, be tossed into jail too? And would that be denial of freedom of the press? Freedom does not allow one to shout "Fire" in a crowded theatre.
