A much-trumpeted Russian Law on the Police came into force on March 1. Initiated by President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010, it tends to change the image of Russian police to a great extent.

Dramatic developments took place in Belarus on December 19, 2010 when Presidential Elections and electoral process have been accompanied by several violations of human rights and limitations of fundamental freedoms.

A well educated and succesful professor, aware of the level of his homeland's democracy, who decided at a certain point of his life that being an international reputed figure from China does involve a certain degree of responsibility.