The Russian bear tightens its grip!

Putin may no longer be the president but as the prime minister he is busy consolidating his support and at the same time by picking out his successor, Dmitry Medvedev he has shown the world as to who is going to be real power in Russia. Russian politics from the time of Ivan the terrible has always been conducted behind an Iron curtain, that is the rest of the world only gets to hear of the deed much, much later.
The extent of Putin's power could be seen in the elections held recently in Kremlin. His opponents were given no quarter and everything was neatly arranged in such a way that there could be only one outcome in this election and that was the election of Putin as the prime minister of Russia.

Perestroika rising??

Is the Russian curtain coming down fast?could the Iron curtain go back on?these are some of the questions that are troubling the American policy makers.and they have every reason to be concerned.when Putin announced his plans to run for the post of the Prime minister many a eyebrow were raised.Putin is slowly but surely increasing his iron grip on Kremlin.when the troublesome journalist was taken care of,allegedly by Putin and his henchmen,that gave an indication of things to come.as things stand today,free speech is going and it is to be slowly but surely followed by democracy.
when are the Russians going to sit up and take note that their very freedom is now in jeopardy?Russia,were is your democracy??