Putin Shows Obama How It’s Done: Give FSB (KGB) More Power

Russia’s Puppet President is endorsing a bill that will increase the powers of the Federal Security Service, once known as the KGB. 

 ’The new proposed law returns to the FSB the power of the special services of a totalitarian regime,’ a statement signed by prominent pro-democracy and human rights activists said. ‘The initiators, most likely, intend to create an instrument for mass intimidation of people who are dissatisfied, dissidents and critics of the authorities – including the FSB.’

In a rare moment of  hilarity, the AP  noted that Medvedev’s approval of the legislation has “raised doubts” about the President’s commitment to promoting full-fledged democracy and freedom of expression.

Seriously, really?  

Eric Holder should be taking notes as to how Putin’s Puppet government deals with their own versions of Tea Partiers:

Opposition groups frequently are denied permission to hold rallies or are allowed to hold them only in out-of-the-way neighborhoods. Riot police often break up unsanctioned rally attempts swiftly and brutally.