Myriad protesters are marching right now in Moscow. This is the first big anti-government rally in Russia since Mr Putin returned to the Kremlin. There is a sea of people, flags, banners, and placards flowing through the centre of Moscow. The demonstrators are chanting "Putin is a thief" and "Russia without Putin". Purin declares he is not to let Russia be weakened by social shocks. Putin dismisses the street protesters, branding them chattering monkeys and pointing to their lack of a clear leader. The Kremlin has embarked on only limited political reforms in response to recent demonstrations, which attract 100,000 people on the streets of Moscow. But the protest movement has deprived Putin of his aura of invincibility, and Ashurkov hopes going public with Navalny's sponsors will inspire others to join his cause, despite the risk that their businesses could come under state pressure. Their message is that these people are not afraid, and you shouldn't be afraid either. Putin signed a law sharply increasing fines for anyone breaking the rules on public protest. Faced with a simmering, underground opposition, Medvedev expanded the powers of Putinland's Federal Security Service (FSB). The security services issue individuals of whom they are suspicious with official warnings, inviting them to precautionary talks with the FSB to prevent the possibility of the citizen committing a criminal act against the country's security in the future. Refusing or failing to attend these precautionary talks lead to a fine of 1,500 euros or detention for as long as 15 days. Putin takes a harder line against the opposition. Shortly before the rally, independent media websites went down. There is a big difference between the Soviet era and today's Putinland. The Soviet state spread the atmosphere of fear to prevent emergence of politics and people's participation in it. Today, the key for the state authorities is to make sure people are not interested in politics. A person who doesn't care about politics or the situation with human rights in Putinland may live a comfortable life without ever encountering an FSB officer. What suffers the most is democracy in Putinland; the Kremlin is interested in stability, not democracy. The current double-headed eagle of President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has become increasingly authoritarian. Despite numerous commitments under international law, the government has tightened controls on political life, civil society, and the media. Disruption of political opposition's activities, restricting access to state-controlled TV, human right violations, such as the beating of demonstrators who support the Russian constitution, murder of journalists and anti-corruption activists, disappearance and torture, abuse of the legal system for monetary and political gain, all illustrate this negative trend. Putin, a former penniless KGB agent, is now billionaire, thanks to kickbacks! In April 2010, Putin signed a decree that suspended the publication of information about the assets, revenue, and expenditure of Russia's two oil funds. This allowed him to manipulate government's finances, while launching a pre-election spending spree, siphon off money for friends and allies, and camouflage bribes, kickbacks, and hush money. He boosted military and police spending by 33 percent, and promised future pay and pension increases for the armed forces, teachers and doctors. Putinlandi