Talk:Politics of Russia

The above is what Russian government would want you to believe. Actually Chechnya is independent country occupied by Russia, where Russian Army[?] did atrocities not any less shocking than what Hitler's or Stalin's Armies did.

Russia is imperialist state dangerous to both own citizens and citizens of neighbour countries. Russia is in good relations with countries like North Korea and China - countries that don't care at all about rights of own citizens.

I removed this, as it is not in line with the neutral point of view. I'm not saying it isn't true, but it needs to be rewritten in a more objective fashion appropriate for an encyclopedia. For example,

"The people of Chechnya consider their land to be an independant state under Russian occupation. There are many reports coming out of the region of atrocities committed by the Russian army."

And for the second paragraph:

"Russia maintains close relations with North Korea and China, both of which have been heavily criticized for their rejection of various human rights for their citizens."

I didn't leave either of these in on the Russia/Government page, however, as these seem to belong in separate articles. -- Stephen Gilbert

While comparision to Hitler/Stalin is quite subjective (but still true), Chechnya was independent country before Russian invasion.

Hi, I'm a citizen of Russia. Please listen to my humble opinion. People in the western world got used to various freedoms they struggled for so long. Indeed, the conception of open society is one of the main achievements of civilized humanity, a conception that works - that's why Perestroika occured in my country. There are no ideological standards of thinking, totalitarian taboos et cetera. However, while different points of view on the inner problems make western people at least argue with each other, they express _total_ solidarity speaking of outer world problems (having _a priori_ less information on this subject). It is strange to me that an independent and free-thinking western person doesn't put under question the information he/she gets from various news reports and analytical reviews (that are quite the same), well, he/she doesn't even care about it. Speaking particularly about situation in Chechnya, western society relies on the information it can't prove. I often watch world-wide channels, such as CNN, BBC, EuroNews and what I see are the reports made in a comfortable office building somewhere in London, or, perhaps, New-York. Surely, I know about the restrictions that russian government placed on the work of foreign journalists; but look, there are many independent sources (especially Internet-based) in Russia that provide quite an information (why don't you watch russian television?). As to Hitler/Stalin comparison, nobody compares Tony Blair[e?] to Stalin, and nobody talks about atrocities in Ireland (that's idiotic). What about basks in Spain?... ...Nevertheless, I never agreed with military operations in Chechnya; I prefer peaceful solutions, that do work.