Thursday, November 30, 2006

Another Russian Poisoning? - Putin calls Gaidar after mystery illness--FT

This article will undoubtably not be as well reported in the US, but it looks like we may be seeing the beginning of an epidemic of poisonings of anti-Putin critics. Could this be a step in advance of Putin's drive to maintain power after its constitutional end? What Cold War tacit rules should be reinstated about murders of adversaries on non-neutral territory? Will the line be drawn before Putin miscalculates and starts killing Western (i.e., non-Russian) opponents of his autocratic rule in the U.K. or U.S.?

FT.com / World / Europe - Putin calls Gaidar after mystery illness

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