[Freelance Warrior]

I don't pretend that Russia has the same degree of freedom of speech that the U.S. has. While some ex-Rusians claim that the U.S. has a far stricter mind control that Russia of the USSR have ever had, while it's not run by the government ...

To the topic: jailing isn't a rule here, any case of prosecution of an opposition activist is a news. This is the point you started with and I replied on it, not in a broader sense. The case of suspension of the Navalny's verdict is a good example.

[Nifster]

I know you think you receive lots and lots of information from the ‘sources’ that Putin provides.....

You make me laugh when you suggest that the US has stricter ‘mind control’ than Russia or the USSR......You really don’t know your own history. Have you read any of the 20th century dissents works???

You have no clue