I think you're right on the money. Traces of Polonium were found in Berezovsky's mansion also, so it's reasonable to assume that it was stored there at one time. And Putin is no communist, he has seen the light, that it doesn't work. He is a Russian nationalist, trying to keep his country together. And that often quoted accusation that he now appoints governors for the various regions in his eleven time zone country. Well, France does the same thing, and you don't hear any criticism. Russia needs time for democracy to develop on its own. It can't be forced on people who have not grown up with it, as we see in Iraq.
Putin bears watching. He is bringing back too much state control and playing politics with natural resources.
I agree with you. People here who think Putin is a Communist obviously hasn't any tangible concept of a real Russian Communist. Putin is wildly popular in Russia.
What part of "Russians killed 100 million in the last century" do you not understand?
Iraq should have more time as an autocracy and slowly turn to a representative government.