Originally Posted by Yunoschka
Hey guys,
if you ask me Russia is not anymore a democratic country.
The best proof for this is the Yukos-case, don't you think so?
It was broadcasted in the German news, and they said that the chairman of the oil-firm "yukos" was a political enemy of Putin. Due to that Putin searched a reason to put him into jail. Do you guys know something about that? And what actually happened to this man now?
I also heard that the power of the military in Russia increases...I don't think that this is a development, which indicates a democratic system.
It reminds me more on Russia under the tsar before the revolution...