"(Russian President Vladimir) Putin's record is no longer in doubt," the report's author, Hugh Barnes, told Reuters. "He has systematically dismantled Russian democracy and that very fact in some ways makes a mockery of the G8," said Barnes, director of the center's "Future of Russia Programme."I wonder how long it will take before the Usual Suspects from the FSB show up to say, Move Along, nothing to see here....
Well, there is indeed nothing new to see here - everything could have been expected and predicted. In other news: the second apple has fallen on the head of Sir Isaac Newton. 'This confirms the law of gravity', said the prominent scientist.
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