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Putin is a thug but I wish his government the best of luck pulling off a safe winter olympics
However I have very little confidence they will. Russia has always, despite the advantages one would think an authoritarian system would have in the "law and order" department, not had the best track record of stopping radical fundie terrorists. The words "Russian anti-terrorist efforts" usually evoke the gassing of movie theatres and leveling Chechen cities in my mind - all the while the fundies continue their own deadly business.