U.S. Ignores Putin's Assault on Rights

%people1% - Like [Mikhail S. Gorbachev] and [Reagan] in 1988, presidents Vladimir V. Putin and Bush have a budding friendship, one that has fostered U.S.- Russian cooperation on important strategic matters like anti- terrorism. Yet, there's a disturbing difference. Some of the same people who attended Reagan's luncheon are again fighting for basic human rights and democratic practices in Russia -- and Bush seems indifferent to their fate.