EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says the jail terms for the Pussy Rioteers questioned Moscow's respect for the "obligations of fair, transparent and independent legal process".
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the ruling was “not in harmony with the values of European law and democracy.”
True enough, but although the Russian President rules by fear and intimidation and his government is known to have ties to the Russian mafia (the FSB pay them to make arms shipments), it has to be said that Vladimir Putin was elected into office, unlike Mrs Ashton.
Although the non-election of EU spokesmen and even European heads of state as in Italy and Greece seems currently to be very much "in harmony with the values of European law and democracy.”
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