The Putinization of Russia involves harassing and closing down independent news sources. In Izhevsk, an intrepid operator of a radio station who carries Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe radio broadcasts was told by his local telephone company that they found four listening devices in his wiring.

The owner of the station is also an enemy of the State because he is a proud Baptist.

This treatment of Russian citizens is all too common, and while the state grows more and more intolerant of freedom the world responds this way.