The ongoing bludgeoning of the people of Ukraine on the orders of Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, is the world’s starkest example of why we should not coddle dictators.Yes. We have described Mr Putin as a dictator, for the sham of elections staged by the communist superpower in which opposition forces are killed or imprisoned, is a mockery of an election.As we speak, Russia’s leading opposition politician is withering away in a cold prison, after repeated attempts to poison him. His crime - being a popular figure and opposed to Putin.Today, our hearts break for the millions of Ukrainians who have fought and enjoyed the freedom of democracy, shaky though it was, but it was their desire to be aligned with the West, forsaking the cruel and sometimes dangerous existence of communism as practised by the Russian Federation.
