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Alyosha, two things:
1) move these love birds out of this section. Natalie hasn't grown a brain cell in three years on here. How surprising.
2) don't kid yourself about Russian freedoms (and hate to break it to you but 'moneybag' sponsored news is still news. Shutting it down doesn't make you more free). What worries me most is the new populist bent of the administration. No offense, but the multitudes who support Putin aren't exactly rocket scienitists. Of course I understand why he's doing this. After his term is up Russia will be at a cross roads. Will it splinter? Will it turn to the idiotic national socialist model of Ragozin? Will it shift to the far-left? Too many questions. I respect Putin's intelligence, but I worry that he lets his cronies and bureucrats have too much power, a la Mr. Bush. The formula for Russian success remains the same: less corruption, more central authority personified by a power balance between judicial, executive and legislative branches, an independent court system that is devoid of federal influence, a law code that is fair, complete and modern, tax incentives for small business development, the elimination of the idiotic idea that foreign investment is somehow bad for the country, socially responsible measures like a reformation of the health care system along with a greater overall investment in Russian education and the population in general.
I hope the country avoids populism.
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