RUSSIA : Agents Raid 3 Activists Flats; Putin Compares Lenin To Saints; Medvedev Suffers 'Hot Mike' Meltdown Over 'Goat' Security Agents.

      http://www.france24.com/en/20121211-russia-raids-activists-revolution-probe

       Security agents raided the homes of 3 activists...claiming they attended foreign seminars on how to overthrow President Putin.
       The agents seized documents and computers from the homes of Taisiya Alexandrova, Yuri Nabutovsky and Anna Kornilova.
       Activists are planning an anti-Putin mass rally for Saturday.

           Since 1991...many in Russia have wanted Vladimir Lenin's embalmed body removed from Moscow's Red Square.
           Not President Vladimir Putin.

      He caused an uproar among groups promoting the memories of Soviet repression... when he compared Lenin's corpse...to relics of Christian saints.
      http://www.france24.com/en/20121211-row-after-putin-compares-lenin-body-holy-relics

     Meanwhile...during a 'hot mic' meltdown...PM Medvedev was caught blasting Russia's security forces for an early morning raid on a filmmaker.
      Medvedev called the agents...'goats'...during a blistering 6 minute supposedly 'off the record' chat with 5 Moscow TV channels...that was recorded and posted on YouTube.
       http://www.france24.com/en/20121210-post-interview-hot-mic-catches-russias-medvedev