Again, Russia Lurches Towards Authoritarianism

The Russian Duma has recently passed a law that will "widen the definition of extremist crime to include offences committed for political motives." Obviously this is a disturbing development, and one aimed (without much in the way of obfuscation) at silencing Putin's opponents. But what does the West say? Not much of anything. One wonders how much longer the EU, the US, and others will go on coddling Putin.

On demographic grounds, Russia is a dying nation, so perhaps this is only a short-term problem (short-term being a century, so this is all rather tongue in cheek). But that same argument suggests to me that Russia has only a limited claim to keeping its permanent seat and veto on the UN Security Council. Or perhaps this is another argument about why we should disband the UN?
(h/t PaperChase)