Nice argument. "If you don't like it, leave." Always a classic. Perhaps some people love their country and want to live there but don't like the way it's being run. Imagine that. That's why an Other Russia slogan is "For Russia, Against Putin."
I thought we were discussing Russia. What does Iraq or the US have to do with anything? This is a fairly sophisticated audience for such amateur trolling, I would hope. Same for the distraction about Georgia and Ukraine. I was pointing out that similar groups of largely US govt and Soros-funded activists following a similar blueprint led to the overthrows of the named countries and that Russia took preventative measures. This was relevant to the LiveJournal discussion, unlike anything in your response.
You don't seem to be aware of what The Other Russia even is. Social group? It's a broad, non-ideological coalition of political and human rights groups, from liberals to nationalists. The only thing our members have in common is the desire to have free and fair elections.
Ah yes, all criticism of Putin is from "brainless cheerleading of the West." You'd make a good Nashi member with that logic. Sorry, you can be anti-Putin and not care about the US whatsoever, or think its politics are a corporate wasteland. I didn't even mention the West, let alone loving it. Putin is bad for Russia and for Russians, at least the 85% who aren't benefiting from the energy windfall. The West has been perfectly happy to deal with Putin, actually. As far as can be seen, they would love to have Putin stay for another 20 years just like they embrace dictatorship in Azerbaijan because it's convenient for pipelines and such.