Nothing wrong with your grammar from what I can tell.
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1. Politkovskaya was a renegade .. After her conduct during war in Chechnya she couldn't have been taken seriously.
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The question here was not whether you want to take her her seriously or not.
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2. Litvinenko was a renegade too.
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So you mean it was a necessary secret service operation? Then I must say it was very badly executed.
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3. As for Garry Casparov...
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Ok here I must admit to you that no one here - including myself - knows what he actually says. The fact that he is "pro West" - which we usually associate with positive things like free speech, fair elections and free trade - is enough that people laybel him with the "good guy" stereotype.
However, I assume someone with his intelligence should be taken seriously.
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4. Hodorkovsky case .. So we see double standart approach.
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"Double standard" is a fitting term. That was a main criticism of the new russia from the beginning.
As to the марши несогласных. You lost me on this one. And I would like to warn your arguments are exactly the same that have been used every time a regime wants to suppress the demonstration right (and thereby freedom of speech): that the demonstrators started the violence on innocent people etc.
Anyway. I agree with you that we western believe too much what the TV tells us about Russia, and the TV works on extreme simplifications. But at least our TV is independent, at least politically (economically it is not).
But maybe you have misconceptions about us, too. We are not only thinking in black white terms about your country. Of course a lot people here are bashing Putin because we think he made the elections a farce. But we also cannot deny that he is one of the most successful russian politicians ever. And that possibly he acts on the rationale that it's better to keep power by undemocratic means, lest it is wrung from his hands by the people who are not acting in the interest of the russian people. Like in ancient Greece a dictator was often seen as the saviour of a city. The verdict on Putin is not spoken, and I must admit I always found him a damn impressive man. Is that what you mean?
In fact it's a pity we did not start an own threat. I would actually find it interesting to discuss about Putins Russia, state cult like the наши movement, and such things.
Пока!