MOSCOW: Kremlin opponent Boris Nemtsov’s blood was barely dry on the Moscow sidewalk before powerful Russians came up with a startlingly clear conclusion: that the West was to blame.
The West stands accused of an increasing number of outrages in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
All-powerful state television networks, cowed newspapers and a tame parliament mean the Kremlin has no lack of mouthpieces for a campaign to persuade Russians that they are under attack – by a Cold War-style enemy beyond their borders and by what the media regularly calls “traitors” and “fifth columnists” within.
When Nemtsov, one of the last outspoken opponents to …read more
Source: theSun
