Nazi Russia

Ok, so the title might be hyperbolic, but I'm just trying to put across my point.

Russia in recent years has went backwards and with all these new laws and imprisoning protesters (Pussy Riot). You can't help but think that Russia is a police state. Along with the dreadful corruption and brainwashing of the people, I can't see why something hasn't been said (other than Russia is powerful and America and the UK have to stay relatively friendly with them.

Lots of countries imprison protestors.
Backwards with new laws like what?
Corruption and brainwashing of the people?
Something has already been said.

Russia was never much of a liberal democracy and considering what it went from it's made a lot of progress. Plus we've got hate speech laws so we're hardly best proponents of freedom of speech and we've banned protesting at times so not best proponents of freedom of expression (see all incidents of EDL marches being banned). And it's not like Britain or the US haven't ever given disproportionate sentencing (tons of examples from US but for the UK see the rioting in 2011).

What exactly do you expect America/Britain to say? Obama commented that he was disappointed in it (Pussy riot's imprisonment). And Britain and USA have stated that they're going to talk to Russia on LGBT rights in the upcoming summit.

And really how bad is it? It's not like Russia's killing gay people or making homosexuality illegal. Plus majority of Russians people support the bill. Obviously majority doesn't equal right but what the majority think is always going to have an effect in a democracy.

I do agree with you especially on the faults of our own countries, but Jews were similarly given laws against them that weren't too bad at first, but who's to say it won't become illegal? Of course, we'll cross that bridge if we come to it.

Russia in recent years has went backwards and with all these new laws and imprisoning protesters (Pussy Riot).