Russian Thugs Attack BBC Reporters

       Three BBC reporters on assignment for the British Media arm, were physically set upon by an unidentified group of men who pummeled them, smashed their video cameras, then took off in a vehicle and with them went the cameras.   The newsmen reported that the men spoke Russian, surprise, surprise.  Maybe they were Chechens, trying to stir up trouble.   Maybe it was the male arm of  Pussy Riot ?   Maybe they were jealous rivals from RIA Novosti?
      Human Rights Organiztions have been alerted to the attack.
       Mr. Putin, have you lost control?   Can't you see the net effect of your policies on average Russian citizens?   Soon, all travel visas will be revoked and Russians will only be able to travel to Syria and Iran, and maybe Cuba.   This will make them even more paranoid.  Sad, really.  I guess one can take the boy out of the KGB, but not the KGB out of the boy.
      What would Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn say about this?  I'm sure he would say that Russian leadership is stuck in reverse and refuses to change course.   I don't believe it.  The Russian people are better than this.  They definitely deserve better than Raz Putin.
     If I were Raz Putin, I would be looking at the situation between China and India, especially over their border disputes and the movements of thousands of opposing troops, even as India's new premier, Moti, signs agreements for between $5-$50billions in trade agreements.  What about that long, lonely Siberian border with China?  Where's the line?  Indiais asking the Chinese to provide a map.  China can't find it.   Mr. Putin, are you watching?  Are you listening?
   Yesterday, french warplanes bombed ISIS positions in Syria.   This is a new development.