He controls everything now, after years of running the show.

The people's resistance might not have any chance. I wish them well, it is risky and brave with a dictator government, that is supposed to be democratic.

One corrupt system replaced another.

If there are ten thousand of us hosting the pages can they block us all? I say fight fire with fire. Oppression and corruption don't have borders.

The US isn't raising much fuss over Putins crackdown. I guess fascists pretty much stick together.

...which shows that Russian support is not ideological. It is opportunistic.

Leftovers from the Soviet culture. Having a strong Fuhrer is ingrained into them. (One Russian told me that there are backwater-villages in Russia where they don't even know that there ARE other options to choose but Putin.)
They see Russia's bad economy, the oligarchy, the lack of respect, and they want to go back to the good old times.

But young Russians have never seen those "good old times". They don't want to go back to the russian imperialism of the 20th century. They have been infected by western ideas, like political choice and freedom of speech (just like the Ukrainians...). They don't want what Putin is offering them.

That's why the opposition to Putin is driven by young people.

When you don't want to even hear about the other side and want others not to get a chance to hear it, you are pathetic.