Putin is sick of Russian students & academics leaving for the West, & now he's putting everyone on notice. "Stahp." https://meduza.io/en/news/2015/06/24...tions-on-alert

Drunk Russian dude beats friend to death for traveling abroad. Proudly tells cops he caught "an American spy." http://svpressa.ru/accidents/news/125681/

BTW--the country with the highest requests for visa's for Russians to travel to--of all places the EU.

So much for the near enemy?????