Ever since he became acting President on the last day of 1999, Mr Putin has moved progressively to snuff out even the faintest flickers of democracy that he inherited from Boris Yeltsin.
The candlelight flickers on Clare's hair. She reaches over and touches my cheek. "It's."
She was shown clips from famous horror films like "The Silence of Lambs" and "Halloween," and she showed no flickers of fright.
