Birds of a feather...

Now it's Putin's Russian Federation being accused of serious human rights violations for its conduct in Chechnya. Amnesty International reports:

Russian and Chechen security forces continue to carry out human rights violations with impunity. These include extrajudicial killings, "disappearances" and torture, including rape, and ill-treatment; such violations are in breach of the obligations of the Russian Federation under international human rights and humanitarian law to protect the right to life, dignity and security of the person and not to be subjected to torture or other forms of ill-treatment.

From a May AI letter to President Bush:

The US administration has shown a consistent disregard for the Geneva Conventions and basic principles of law, human rights and decency. This has created a climate in which US soldiers feel they can dehumanize and degrade prisoners with impunity.

No wonder they've been so chummy of late--they're both accused of war crimes.