and more since 1991 with the rise of the local mafia. A lot of journalists, politicians were killed during Yeltsin presidency, and this one launched the first Chechen War without too much protests in the West. While mafia was gaining control of the country and self-appointed oligarchs stealing all the wealth and sending it to Zurich, London, or New-York our politicians and pundits were saying that all is going well, and that these problems were unavoidable in a nascent capitalistic democracy.
Since Putin came to power, he took back some of the stolen RUSSIAN assets from these thieves and gained some power on the international stage with a patriotic and coherent policy.
All the sudden, there are "democracy concerns" or "Chechnya concerns" etc.
Your theory is maybe right, but if we strictly observe the facts, the british are absolutely not neutral in this matter. They harbor Boris Berezovsky and some other russian mobsters - uh i mean respected tycoons and some non-russian financial powers who want obviously a weak and divided Russia to keep stealing its wealth.
here is the link to Berezovsky fiery claims "I am plotting a new Russian revolution"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2056322,00.htmlBerezovsky admitted also that he financed a large part of the "popular" ukrainian "orange revolution".
If I was a russian citizen, I guarantee you that I won't trust Berezovsky and the journalists he bought all around the world, neither foreign powers who keep commenting on internal russian affairs...
Do I heard Russia protesting the killings of journalists in Iraq by US Army ? Do I heard Russia protesting the unlawful arrests during protests in Europe or US ?
Russia is just fighting for its sovereignty, that's what it is all about.