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| Russia considers new powers for KGB successor |
| 2010-04-27 |
| Russia's Kremlin-loyal parliament is considering a bill that would increase the power of the Federal Security Service and restore practices once associated with its Soviet predecessor, the KGB. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 "Hope the current administration doesn't follow such reports. They might get some ideas." Too late, John - they already have. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-04-27 18:20 |
| #5 There's power out there in Russia that a Russian security service doesn't already have? The FSB is actually very hands off as regards individual expression, for instance, on the internet. Unlike China, Russia has free speech for individuals, provided they don't organize and contest Putin and his thieves' control. Their focus is on what Lenin would have called the "commanding heights" of speech: TV and open-air demonstrations. Bloggers and minor print media are generally ignored. This is a clever strategy of co-optation. It works, provided that oil's north of $50-60/bbl.... |
| Posted by: lex 2010-04-27 17:06 |
| #4 here's power out there in Russia that a Russian security service doesn't already have? Who knew? Probably just instant-cast heal-over-time spells. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-04-27 16:22 |
| #3 The legislation would allow Federal Security Service officers to summon individuals for informal talks and issue written warnings about "inadmissible" participation in anti-government activities such as protest rallies. It also appeared aimed at tightening controls on journalists. inadmissible participation in anti-government protest rallies? Hope the current administration doesn't follow such reports. They might get some ideas. Restricting journalists? Thought Pravda was already state-controlled like the journalists in the U.S. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-04-27 16:13 |
| #2 There's power out there in Russia that a Russian security service doesn't already have? Who knew? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-27 15:57 |
| #1 This is such a good idea.......I beleive if I were president I would make the CIA the great power it once was. |
| Posted by: armyguy 2010-04-27 13:23 |