I'm intrigued by the correlation between the number of Russian political leaders whose names end with "in" - and the backward steps in human rights in that country.  On the eve of the Sochi Winter Olympics....

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It seems that they would happily line up Gays

For fearful souls to beat or shoot in

Old Mother Russia now seeking scapegoats

Under KGB-man Vladimir Putin

 

The Russian State is encouraging hate

Of a part of its diverse population

Posing as the saviour from the behaviour

Of those who seek same-sex copulation.