It is not exactly silence, but silent speaking <g, if it wasn't so grave a matter>. Last week Schroeder said something like: let's get serious with the Russians over Chechnya and consider real-life sanctions (when he was in Finland). However one somehow knew he wasn't about acting, but only about posing.
Acts would speak louder than words - therefore nobody can afford them ...
This is similar even with the NGOs. GfbV, I mentioned them earlier, organized Chechnya protests in roughly 80 German towns yesterday, and some are said to have encompassed several thousand people. However, even for them it seems clear that they are not trying to make a 'we'll stay until you act'-effort.
Sad about a demise of political culture, MNI.
PS: You can take part in a 'spam the Russian president with email, mail, FAX and postcards effort' under
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