Unbelievable!!! Well, after reading Basil77's post, I see what you all mean.
I really want to give the US the benefit of the doubt and not be too "anti-American" but they are practically making it impossible.

I still think that somebody needs to stand up against corruption in Russia, but it should be somebody who really cares about the country, not some CIA implant!

The story I read was in a Swedish paper, but I saw the exact same story on the BBC website just now. Clerarly the story abut this "hero" is doing its round around the world.

Based on all this, I'd be quite tempted to throw him in prison myself, if I was Russian (I mean honestly, accepting money from the CIA!!) But that's probably exactly what the CIA psychological warfare experts want, because then he becomes a martyr...

Too bad Russia doesn't exile people to Siberia anymore. Otherwise he could be sent on a nice all-expenses-paid holiday & stay in a nice hotel (no need to mistreat people), and have his uprising in Omsk, or something.....