It seems that yesterday’s statement by the US Vice President was just the beginning - they have taken Russia seriously. Today it became known that Dick Cheney held a confidential meeting with a leading Russian democrat - the name of the democrat is being kept secret. The Bush administration is collecting a dossier on Russian democracy, apparently in order to finally make sure that it does not exist. Moreover, they say that before the G8 summit, the American president wants to visit Ukraine in order to support a democratic country that is under pressure from Russia.