tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8781732922246403442012-02-16T11:00:24.054-08:00This blog was created to inform people about the growing threat that is the modern Russian mafia state under Vladimir Putin. The international mainstream media has failed miserably to educate their public about the catalogue of injustices which have defined Putin’s 12 year reign. This blog contains links to credible—and less so—media sources which highlight many such reports.Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.comBlogger431100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-91393152630309146402011-12-12T10:29:00.000-08:002011-12-12T10:29:25.376-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGw5_wPN5fE&amp;feature=relmfu" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vnUWTIqlZ0E/TuZH6EHEcqI/AAAAAAAAAFs/L4vUZMM8O94/s320/Screen+shot+2011-12-12+at+1.28.28+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">David Satter is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former special correspondent on Soviet affairs for the Wall Street Journal. Here he assesses U.S.-Russia relations one year after the so-called "reset button" at the Center for Security Policy's National Security Group Lunch on Capitol Hill.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-9139315263030914640?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-74992404586693825332011-12-12T09:59:00.000-08:002011-12-12T09:59:56.235-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUSuN0FFtzU" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--ml3K5jWpCY/TuZBBbG747I/AAAAAAAAAFk/U7dgobtbmyk/s320/Screen+shot+2011-12-12+at+12.57.31+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUSuN0FFtzU" target="_blank">David Satter of the Hudson Institute and Johns Hopkins University discusses the problematic nature of the current regime in Russia at the Center for Security Policy's January 14, 2011 National Security Luncheon.</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7499240458669382533?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-38380132060068907732011-12-09T13:30:00.000-08:002011-12-09T13:31:58.249-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXdrfUB-oUw" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="210" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y_DthILVR4c/TuJ9pSvtr4I/AAAAAAAAAFc/qS5n4n0Rpog/s320/Screen+shot+2011-12-09+at+4.24.40+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXdrfUB-oUw" target="_blank">David Satter of the Hudson Institute and former Moscow correspondent for The Wall Street Journal analyses the return of Putin to the Presidency and what it means for U.S.-Russia relations.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-3838013206006890773?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-64775000269066542332011-09-26T13:44:00.000-07:002011-09-26T13:50:14.851-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YFlpdZGgbM/ToDlXajqCAI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/DcK1R3dRow8/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-26+at+4.17.36+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YFlpdZGgbM/ToDlXajqCAI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/DcK1R3dRow8/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-26+at+4.17.36+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7yBOEPYJTc&amp;feature=related" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Part 3 of the Untouchables documentary exposing the theft of Hermitage Capital, the tax fraud of $230 million, and the torture and murder of Sergei Magnitsky and subsequent cover-up.</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-6477500026906654233?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-14788235162053278112011-09-26T13:30:00.000-07:002011-09-26T13:51:58.378-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4IFHzMtPlkU/ToDl5VgiXpI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tDBgGWOvGrs/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-26+at+4.27.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="204" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4IFHzMtPlkU/ToDl5VgiXpI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tDBgGWOvGrs/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-26+at+4.27.25+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TWhlPqVddc&amp;feature=related">Part 2 of the Untouchables documentary exposing the theft of Hermitage Capital, the tax fraud of $230 million, and the torture and murder of Sergei Magnitsky and subsequent cover-up. </a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1478823516205327811?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-46289718503736915232011-09-26T12:22:00.000-07:002011-09-26T13:56:34.451-07:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7OP5yeM7qM&amp;feature=related"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T5sQTNlGklQ/ToDmxtCAVMI/AAAAAAAAAFY/XpWt_LTlvrU/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-26+at+3.20.25+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T5sQTNlGklQ/ToDmxtCAVMI/AAAAAAAAAFY/XpWt_LTlvrU/s320/Screen+shot+2011-09-26+at+3.20.25+PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7OP5yeM7qM">Jameson Firestone explains the theft of Hermitage Capital and the subsequent tax fraud of $230 million</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-4628971850373691523?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-68070497144310961302011-07-27T09:41:00.000-07:002011-07-27T09:47:23.013-07:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoS4qlQX8c&feature=related"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="152" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bG0XC33bHyg/TjA_ul0gdJI/AAAAAAAAAEU/af6DJyaCkng/s200/Screen+shot+2011-07-27+at+12.00.49+PM.png" width="200" /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSoS4qlQX8c&amp;feature=related">Jamison Firestone, legal counsel to Hermitage Capital describes in his words, how the assets of Hermitage Capital was taken by Russian authorities at the Committee for Russian Economic Freedom event in September 2009 in New York City</a>.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-6807049714431096130?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-38749299619889610972011-01-31T09:02:00.000-08:002011-01-31T09:08:10.819-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/larix830#p/a/u/1/ybw1a61lRE0"><img border="0" height="154" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TUbsaTtshXI/AAAAAAAAADo/D6juDhcx1vM/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-31+at+11.59.51+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0000ee;"><u><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_862787534"><br /></a> </u></span><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/larix830#p/a/u/1/ybw1a61lRE0">"Our next guest has a story that's hard to believe..." Hermitage Capital Management's Bill Browder explains the Sergei Magnitski case, and the hazards of investing in Russia, on Fox Business News.&nbsp;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-3874929961988961097?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-19989246910550801142011-01-31T08:36:00.000-08:002011-01-31T08:50:57.113-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzBMrPVZv4"><img border="0" height="203" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TUbjM767n3I/AAAAAAAAADg/Q2XKrR3KMSE/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-31+at+11.28.06+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzBMrPVZv4"><br /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pzBMrPVZv4">Hermitage Capital Management's Bill Browder challenges Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Chuvalov over the Kremlin's mishandling of the the Sergei Magnitski murder. Shuvalov's well-rehearsed response reeks of Kremlin-spin, a well-tailored soundbite meant to mislead international media correspondents.&nbsp;</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1998924691055080114?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-4766923945324874342011-01-31T08:23:00.000-08:002011-01-31T08:25:11.354-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=35401513&amp;feedType=VideoRSS&amp;feedName=LatestVideosUS&amp;videoChannel=3300&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FUSVideoLatest+%28Video+%2F+US+%2F+Latest+Video%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher"><img border="0" height="169" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TUbhl43s7II/AAAAAAAAADc/K6DdacHu8HY/s320/Screen+shot+2011-01-31+at+11.21.00+AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=35401513&amp;feedType=VideoRSS&amp;feedName=LatestVideosUS&amp;videoChannel=3300&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FUSVideoLatest+%28Video+%2F+US+%2F+Latest+Video%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher">Bill Browder of Hermitage Capital&nbsp;speaks about the appalling risks involved in doing business in Vladimir Putin's Russia.&nbsp;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-476692394532487434?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-72098773755723844312011-01-07T07:37:00.000-08:002011-01-07T07:38:33.348-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/65586620/"><img border="0" height="165" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TScysaOEaEI/AAAAAAAAADY/Ed1qhMzl2VI/s320/Picture+4.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1409089163"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/video/65586620/">Bloomberg News report on the sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in his second rigged trial.&nbsp;</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7209877375572384431?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-8809064997059406382011-01-07T07:29:00.000-08:002011-01-07T07:39:51.890-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6OYSubrM3k"><img border="0" height="168" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TScxRE3M-_I/AAAAAAAAADU/9_QIAgpBeTo/s320/Picture+2.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_2061143798"><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6OYSubrM3k">Mikhail Khodorkovsky found guilty on absurd charges of fraud in a second rigged trial.&nbsp;</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-880906499705940638?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-34256741414034786702010-12-17T11:47:00.000-08:002010-12-17T11:47:44.277-08:00<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/mikhail-khodorkovsky/mikhail-khodorkovsky-final-trial-speech">Open Democracy publishes a transcript of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's speech from the dock during his recent rigged trial.&nbsp;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-3425674141403478670?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-14469995659461943842010-12-16T07:14:00.001-08:002010-12-16T07:16:10.296-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://rt.com/news/putin-talks-concerns-session/"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQosbsg32jI/AAAAAAAAADI/-ttRETrBzec/s320/Picture+8.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://rt.com/news/putin-talks-concerns-session/">Kremlin mouthpiece RussiaToday spews more trash from Putin as the Russian PM hosts another one of his stage-managed televised question-and-answer sessions. Putin uses this event to make unfounded murder allegations against Mikhail Khodorkovsky for which he has never been charged.&nbsp;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1446999565946194384?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-82572859340669361552010-12-14T13:15:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:15:57.826-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KusiH_RMx1s"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQfedmMRV5I/AAAAAAAAAC0/m6i_H0BxrrA/s320/Picture+3.png" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KusiH_RMx1s">Defense fears the worst on the eve of the verdict, as the court is expected to implement a guilty decision in the absurd case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.&nbsp;</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-8257285934066936155?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-3193149546369308942010-12-14T13:01:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:01:36.101-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkjvAc1HtxE"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQfa_B1hScI/AAAAAAAAACw/hgzZ-1UlCZM/s320/Picture+2.png" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkjvAc1HtxE">U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on November 13th delivered these remarks on the Senate Floor regarding the second trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.&nbsp;</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-319314954636930894?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-9107756164660013182010-12-14T11:17:00.000-08:002010-12-14T14:05:04.092-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCR2kWrQFeQ"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQfTx1fz0WI/AAAAAAAAACs/SVloRBs2sY8/s320/Picture+1.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCR2kWrQFeQ">I am posting this documentary on the eve of the December 15th, 2010 court verdict in the second trumped-up trial against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. </a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-910775616466001318?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-68626829026257691912010-11-17T13:16:00.000-08:002010-11-17T13:28:05.954-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TORI3Uau3kI/AAAAAAAAACc/WlJdA9px8AA/s1600/Picture%2B1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TORI3Uau3kI/AAAAAAAAACc/WlJdA9px8AA/s320/Picture%2B1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540633556783390274" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRyJ9LL1_3A&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PL0CB122DC93BD1C9E&amp;index=5">I guess Kremlin mouthpiece </a><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRyJ9LL1_3A&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PL0CB122DC93BD1C9E&amp;index=5">RT</a></b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRyJ9LL1_3A&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PL0CB122DC93BD1C9E&amp;index=5"> could not afford to ignore the brutal attack on defenseless journalist Oleg Kashin. Here they feign solidarity with "fellow journalist" Kashin as they give a "my God, I wonder who could have committed this awful crime" type account of the case so far. RT is financed by the Kremlin thugs who attempted to silence Kashin, they are as culpable as the pro-Putin/FSB/Nashi thugs behind this cowardly attack. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-6862682902625769191?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-22265353671442621882010-09-15T12:59:00.001-07:002010-09-15T13:08:20.984-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TJEnO0nRt3I/AAAAAAAAACU/5zzj5c8EvhE/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 193px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TJEnO0nRt3I/AAAAAAAAACU/5zzj5c8EvhE/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517234154100602738" /></a><a href="http://www.putin-itogi.ru/putin-what-10-years-of-putin-have-brought/"><br />Read an English translation of opposition candidate Boris Nemtsov's damning report on tens years of Putin. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-2226535367144262188?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-7587846126132900002010-08-26T07:45:00.000-07:002010-09-01T06:46:33.052-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGqNaGikwKg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/THZ-yT8XTQI/AAAAAAAAACM/3HQTCQhM1Dk/s320/Picture+3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509730596946398466" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bewareofputin.blogspot.com/"><br /></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGqNaGikwKg">More Moscow Police brutality of peaceful Strategy 31 demonstrators as Putin's thugs clamp down democratic freedoms. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-758784612613290000?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-19236741585170748822010-08-16T11:05:00.000-07:002010-12-15T05:45:03.797-08:00<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506077945199150930" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmEt_01R1I/AAAAAAAAAAM/gF_Uf_43hUY/s320/Picture+1.png" style="display: block; height: 142px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNTmvvhbHsY&amp;feature=related">Strategy 31 demonstrators are assaulted by Moscow police on May 31-2010 for merely exercising their democratic right of assembly guaranteed under Article 31 of the Russian Constitution. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1923674158517074882?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-14154383707253483012010-07-23T08:11:00.000-07:002010-08-16T11:36:37.469-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmFLfznxCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/d2o88IT86Ls/s1600/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmFLfznxCI/AAAAAAAAAAU/d2o88IT86Ls/s320/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506078452000212002" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZB3YoAvEro">The true story behind the murder of Russian Lawyer Sergei Magnitski</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1415438370725348301?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-72759261905958529422010-06-08T12:53:00.001-07:002010-08-16T11:39:08.573-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmFxKIVquI/AAAAAAAAAAc/E-f9tyaWHI8/s1600/Picture+3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 184px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmFxKIVquI/AAAAAAAAAAc/E-f9tyaWHI8/s320/Picture+3.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506079099016555234" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUNh6rr-MyI">Garry Kasparov speaks at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2010, denouncing the authoritarian rule of Vladimir Putin and Dmitri Medvedev in the Russian Federation</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7275926190595852942?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-37881767471557578502010-04-06T13:28:00.000-07:002010-04-06T13:34:45.040-07:00<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7078871.ece">A disturbing article in the London Times about Moscow's use of the honey trap to ensnare and then blackmail opponents and journalists who are critical of Putin's rubber-stamp Duma. This is an old trick which dates back to the KGB, and even played a part in Vladimir Putin's rise to power.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-3788176747155757850?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-7106857809475254712010-04-05T14:05:00.000-07:002010-08-16T11:51:05.511-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmIkf4w_nI/AAAAAAAAAAk/kUsH6Ke4Kvw/s1600/Picture+4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 230px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmIkf4w_nI/AAAAAAAAAAk/kUsH6Ke4Kvw/s320/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506082180053401202" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1erbFRgjL_Q">This news broadcast by the pro-Putin "Russia Today" TV channel displays how RT shamefully spins the Sergei Magnitski murder to be nothing more than another innocent case of prison neglect. The truth is that Moscow tax lawyer Magnitski was imprisoned for uncovering a rebate scam worth $230 million. The scam was engineered by powerful members of the Russian police, Judiciary, and tax authorities, each no doubt</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1erbFRgjL_Q"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span> politically well connected. Magnitski was held in prison, denied bail, and then denied urgent medical attention leading to his death at age 37. To watch RT's version of events one would think that the Magnitski scandal was nothing more than a hygiene issue.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-710685780947525471?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-27656623901974273102010-04-05T13:24:00.000-07:002010-08-16T11:53:31.090-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmJG9VRKNI/AAAAAAAAAAs/4R9EoAqZPUc/s1600/Picture+5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmJG9VRKNI/AAAAAAAAAAs/4R9EoAqZPUc/s320/Picture+5.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506082772073130194" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok6ljV-WfRw">Learn the shocking facts behind the infamous Hermitage Capital Management theft, and the ultimate incarceration of Moscow tax lawyer Sergei Magnitski who has since died in prison after being denied urgent medical care. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-2765662390197427310?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-54978902728876902472010-04-05T12:31:00.000-07:002010-08-16T11:54:59.614-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmJfDn-HrI/AAAAAAAAAA0/l8zSU633xRI/s1600/Picture+6.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 172px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmJfDn-HrI/AAAAAAAAAA0/l8zSU633xRI/s320/Picture+6.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506083186079047346" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O30HR4lKnjQ">Watch how the 82 year old chairperson of the Moscow Helsinki Group Lyudmila Alexeyeva was assaulted by 31 year old Putin thug Konstantin Pereverzev at a commemoration event for those killed in the March 29, 2010 Moscow metro suicide bombings.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-5497890272887690247?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-3864654096227984732010-02-19T08:53:00.000-08:002010-08-16T11:59:24.583-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmKhN0ZeZI/AAAAAAAAAA8/D6BXz5rYg44/s1600/Picture+7.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 194px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmKhN0ZeZI/AAAAAAAAAA8/D6BXz5rYg44/s320/Picture+7.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506084322686892434" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7OP5yeM7qM">American Moscow-based lawyer Jamison Firestone reveals the nihilistic nature of Russia's legal system on Bloomberg TV. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-386465409622798473?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-33238930265699480432010-02-19T07:17:00.000-08:002010-08-16T12:04:15.084-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmLpxbwTkI/AAAAAAAAABE/wuTa5w2smNc/s1600/Picture+8.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmLpxbwTkI/AAAAAAAAABE/wuTa5w2smNc/s320/Picture+8.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506085569197788738" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKYVWPaKOgc&amp;feature=grec">A documentary by Al Jazeera posted on YouTube about Garry Kasparov's presidential election bid in 2007. This documentary shows how the odds are very much stacked against Mr Kasparov in his attempt to be part of a political system which has been hijacked by Vladimir Putin</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-3323893026569948043?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-54069298781275244732010-01-26T11:16:00.000-08:002010-08-16T12:06:04.388-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmMGKak2jI/AAAAAAAAABM/uOFQzieCu7Y/s1600/Picture+9.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 71px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmMGKak2jI/AAAAAAAAABM/uOFQzieCu7Y/s320/Picture+9.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506086056940067378" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.theotherrussia.org/">This is an independent news and opinion English-language website dedicated to presenting information from and about the political situation in Russia. Their emphasis is on news that is supressed or distorted by media sources in Russia, which are controlled directly or indirectly by the Kremlin. Their team of editors and reporters inside and outside Russia provide rapid and often exclusive reports. They rely solely on donations, so any support is always appreciated.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-5406929878127524473?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-18023632725188310092010-01-26T11:00:00.000-08:002010-08-16T12:06:51.156-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmMRINBxHI/AAAAAAAAABU/86EJJ_tPGwA/s1600/Picture+10.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 313px; height: 159px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmMRINBxHI/AAAAAAAAABU/86EJJ_tPGwA/s320/Picture+10.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506086245324932210" /></a><br /><a href="http://robertamsterdam.com/">Robert Amsterdam—a lawyer representing jailed entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorkovsky—is an outspoken critic of the Putin/Medvedev Kremlin, and one of the most articulate spokespersons for justice in today's Russia. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1802363272518831009?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-80953204301809641022010-01-26T10:51:00.000-08:002010-08-16T12:08:15.686-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmMmysQ4CI/AAAAAAAAABc/n_A5bK5SBd8/s1600/Picture+11.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 155px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmMmysQ4CI/AAAAAAAAABc/n_A5bK5SBd8/s320/Picture+11.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506086617507487778" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.khodorkovskycenter.com/">This website is dedicated to the exposing the illegal incarceration of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, modern-day Russia's most significant political prisoners. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-8095320430180964102?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-40048997720538992962010-01-04T10:57:00.000-08:002010-08-16T12:16:32.796-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmOiveTDLI/AAAAAAAAABk/CpYfapWOYck/s1600/Picture+12.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 179px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmOiveTDLI/AAAAAAAAABk/CpYfapWOYck/s320/Picture+12.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506088746947382450" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rejwZ-k4H4&amp;feature=related">Vladimir Bukovsky, the former Soviet dissident, author and activist, speaks to Sir David Frost about his imprisonment during the Soviet era, forthcoming Russian elections, and President Putin's supposed popularity. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-4004899772053899296?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-54521278115363104682010-01-04T09:34:00.000-08:002010-08-16T12:19:50.601-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmPUI-q0BI/AAAAAAAAABs/t7q1LKfFits/s1600/Picture+13.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 173px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmPUI-q0BI/AAAAAAAAABs/t7q1LKfFits/s320/Picture+13.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506089595607633938" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMtTja8uA8Y#">Edward Lucas visits Google's Mountain View, CA headquarters to discuss his book, "The New Cold War". This event took place on May 2, 2008, as part of the Authors@google series. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-5452127811536310468?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-17368987822796978412010-01-02T16:26:00.000-08:002010-01-02T16:30:22.263-08:00<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1206632220540390824#docid=8284455582988482658">A Frontline debate with Edward Lucas and Alexei Pankin</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1736898782279697841?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-72965459858457749402010-01-02T14:57:00.000-08:002010-08-16T13:03:03.354-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmZcB9b_xI/AAAAAAAAAB8/0GM-tUQ6nZI/s1600/Picture+15.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 175px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmZcB9b_xI/AAAAAAAAAB8/0GM-tUQ6nZI/s320/Picture+15.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506100726278651666" /></a><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1206632220540390824#docid=4784767647228050785">A disturbing documentary by Britain's Ross Kemp about racist skinheads in Moscow</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7296545985845774940?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-66798431010800758582009-12-26T14:51:00.000-08:002009-12-26T14:55:30.496-08:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwlpLwY6Yj4&feature=PlayList&p=460FACE7C8E894FD&index=0&playnext=1">An Intelligence-Squared U.S. debate moderated by Edward Lucas at the Asia Society, New York, on October 30th, 2007.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-6679843101080075858?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-72402218750214692532009-12-25T15:13:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:49:35.181-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1OyIJtjdpo"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQfjBHKor8I/AAAAAAAAAC4/Lum6RgHS_JM/s320/Picture+4.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1OyIJtjdpo">A British documentary about the crisis of the declining population in Putin's Russia.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7240221875021469253?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-70946937815482167562009-12-25T12:25:00.000-08:002009-12-25T15:18:25.029-08:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_QglAR7h0o">Moscow tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was imprisoned on trumped-up charges as punishment for investigating interior ministry officials. Hermitage Capital Management had accused these same officials of tax fraud and corruption to the amount of $230 million. The vendetta against Magnitsky turned fatal when he died in a Russian prison on Monday, November 16th, 2009 after being denied urgent medical attention. Magnitsky was only 37 years old. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7094693781548216756?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-69067557503367351422009-12-25T07:06:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:38:29.640-08:00<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506090242109629010" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TGmP5xYwYlI/AAAAAAAAAB0/vpj5KoqReSk/s320/Picture+14.png" style="display: block; height: 231px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or7-R8YTXJI&amp;feature=PlayList&amp;p=27B07227304D10B5&amp;index=9">Garry Kasparov articulates to an American TV audience the grim reality of life in Vladimir Putin's Russia. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-6906755750336735142?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-72133649396483818122009-12-25T06:47:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:46:58.179-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6580938720868203336#"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQflHpBwESI/AAAAAAAAADA/KA2_87R7VOo/s320/Picture+5.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6580938720868203336#">Vladimir Putin consolidates his power as Russia returns to authoritative rule. A documentary by The Passionate Eye.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7213364939648381812?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-12890606921982926392009-12-24T09:13:00.000-08:002010-12-14T13:52:32.708-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1OyIJtjdpo"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_JosYd0fPqn4/TQfnAd6KihI/AAAAAAAAADE/_H5JIWwBPSc/s320/Picture+7.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8712664469489507026#">A shocking documentary about the controversial Moscow bombings of 1999, the failed bombing attempt in Ryazan, and its pathetic FSB cover-up. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-1289060692198292639?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878173292224640344.post-73532167231186622832009-12-24T08:46:00.001-08:002009-12-25T12:45:59.143-08:00<a href="http://www.blogger.com/Edward%20Lucas%20speaks%20at%20the%20Watson%20Institute%20at%20Brown%20University,%20Providence,%20Rhode%20Island"></a><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1206632220540390824#">Edward Lucas speaks at the Watson Institute in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. Lucas was promoting his book "The New Cold War" which comes clean about the dire political situation in Putin's Russia. </a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/878173292224640344-7353216723118662283?l=bewareofputin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Beware of Putinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01946352512824449120noreply@blogger.com