It is imperative that European and American leaders show Russia that they will not tolerate this situation. At every bilateral or multilateral forum, European Union member states and the United States should ask specific questions about the progress of investigations into the killings of rights advocates and reporters. Ending impunity is a prerequisite for fostering a normal environment for Russian civil society.

It is also a prerequisite for keeping us alive.

Read Yelena Milashina on “The High Price of Journalism in Putin’s Russia” in today’s WSJ.

Confucius, Œc. Vol.

Don’t ask impertinent questions like that jackass Adept Lu.