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XabbaRus · 01-21-09, 09:52 AM

I think they way it is being looked at is simplistic. Looking at the press reports there are plenty pointing the finger and deploring how human rights in Russia and press freedoms are curtailed.

This isn't about US does something and is criticised anyone else and that is OK.

There have been plenty other regimes criticised in the press apart from Bush.

The thing with this killing is that it is all to easy to immediately point at the Kremlin whenever someone prominent is killed, without there being proof of direct or indirect proof. There is also a fundamental misunderstanding in the press on how things work in Russia. There are more people than just Putin who want to keep snooping journalists out. That is how screwed up in someways things are there.

I don't think Putin is lily white but at the same time I think the press has found it too easy to see Russia as an enemy.

01-21-09, 09:52 AM	#16
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I think they way it is being looked at is simplistic. Looking at the press reports there are plenty pointing the finger and deploring how human rights in Russia and press freedoms are curtailed. This isn't about US does something and is criticised anyone else and that is OK. There have been plenty other regimes criticised in the press apart from Bush. The thing with this killing is that it is all to easy to immediately point at the Kremlin whenever someone prominent is killed, without there being proof of direct or indirect proof. There is also a fundamental misunderstanding in the press on how things work in Russia. There are more people than just Putin who want to keep snooping journalists out. That is how screwed up in someways things are there. I don't think Putin is lily white but at the same time I think the press has found it too easy to see Russia as an enemy. __________________