Quote Originally Posted by edvalais View Post
I didn't know about this, SergeMak, but I've looked it up online. The only sensible reply that I can give is that I object to people being wrongly arrested. If this has happened in this case, then I deplore it. I believe in the rule of law and human rights - ask yourself whether these exist in Russia (or Ukraine).

The point I was trying to make in my previous post is that some Russians invoke the "fascist" threat in Ukraine, while backing action which , in my opinion, is reminiscent of fascist Germany.

Ask yourself another question: why does no Russian on this site openly, directly criticise Russia? To what extent does auto-censorship play a role here? The same dark forces which inhibit open debate here were, again in my opinion, at play in 1930s Germany. смутные времена!!!
They were arrested for their speeches about possibility of federalization of Ukraine which maybe the only way to prevent a break up of the country. Dobkin was going to take part in presidential elections and his arrest is a means of eliminating a candidate who has a strong backing from people from the Eastern part of the country. So as you can see the methods of the new Kiev's power are quite undemocratic not to mention about their alliance with odious "Right sector" and their indulgence to brigandish actions of some armed groups from the Maidan.
And you are wrong that no Russian criticizes Russia on this forum. I don't do this in this branch of the forum, because this branch is devoted to the situation in Ukraine. You can read a lot of critics towards Russia in another branch of the forum, devoted to discussing democracy in Russia.
There is another consideration about self-critics. The events in Ukraine showed to Russian people what horrible things unbridled protests can lead to. Suddenly many people realized that it's better to have stability under authoritarian power than chaos of anarchy. So the Ukrainian Maidan actually delivered a very destructive blow on the movement of protest against authoritarism in Russia.

Actually professor Zubov was not sacked. Here is the proof http://grani.ru/Politics/Russia/m.226186.html