Jill has suggested that we might label her 'unfeeling' for her thoughts on the Russian threats against British Council offices. I would think 'naive' might be more appropriate.
Whatever your views on the British Council, Neil Kinnock or Kinnock Jr, this isn't a question about taxation but about the ever diminishing freedom and liberty in Putin's police-state Russia. Russia is now in the grip of an increasingly authoritarian and paranoid state that not only crushes domestic opposition to Putin but turns its fire on internationally recognised NGOs without any cause or provocation. Don't take my word for it. Read the findings from Freedom House's Freedom in the World 2008 Survey yourself.
I'm sorry to say that by belittling the British government's tough stance on the matter, Jill is merely playing Moscow's game.
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