Rising Hegemon
Russia has the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Russia has also become one of the world's biggest homophobic states passing a series of laws that are simply reprehensible.
Leading to shit like this.
Maybe Russia should feel some pressure to change things?
Yes, it would be nice if Russia could be persuaded to change. But Vladimir Putin? Nah.
ReplyDeleteOh, and another thing: Snowden's request for asylum in Russia, the world capital of repression and surveillance, is quite ironic.