Russia and Harry Truman
"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear."
Those are words coming from Harry S Truman. How true are they? The situation in Russia looks very worrisome. The president of Russia, Putin, is silencing the opposition (the governement just took control over the most popular, liberal news company), and puts more power into the government's hands (oil industry). Next thing you know, as Truman said, the people in Russia are terrified (companies are already feeling it). Not a good situation. I just hope democracy wins, that people of Russia win. Win over Putin's authoritative rule.
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