HRW: PUTIN'S CRACKDOWN WORST SINCE USSR

Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed the worst political crackdown in the country's post-Soviet era, a human rights group has said. 

In a report, Human Rights Watch said Mr Putin had signed a raft of laws quashing freedoms after his return to the Kremlin for a third term in 2012. 

Mr Putin's fear of mass street protests had been behind the moves, the report's authors said.

PUTIN IS A DANGEROUS, MURDEROUS TYRANT.

IN LARGE PART BECAUSE BUSH AND OBAMA WERE SOFT ON HIM.

WISHFUL THINKING IS NOT A FOREIGN POLICY.

RUSSIA AND CHINA HAVE BEEN ENABLING IRAN AND SYRIA AND NORTH KOREA.

IF WE WANT A MORE PEACEFUL WORLD, THE USA MUST GET TOUGH ON RUSSIA AND CHINA.