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Someone sent me this link about Russia's political lexicon which I think is worth reading to understand a lot about this case. People from the West have alot of assumptions about alot of concepts, and we also take alot of things for granted. For example, our attitude towards authoritarianism is negative and it was quite a shock to me to learn the average Russian sees it as a positive thing.

So to save yourself time and brain-power trying to figure all these things out by yourself go read the article and catch up on Russian-speak.

You know, I started reading about Russia only very recently when Khodorkovsky was arrested and my interest was aroused - and now it's an addiction - Russia is an amazing and truly fascinating place, full of wonderful contradictions. The West has dismissed Russia for so long, but culturally the place and history is amazing.