The USSR survived several changes of leader, because it had an institutional structure for doing so. As far as I can tell Putin has created a form of governance that revolves around him personally to… (View Post)

But in this case it's a matter of the man being on bail after conviction. He was eventually given a sentence of 24 years, so it would have been obvious he was facing a very long sentence. Even i… (View Post)

It potentially only needs a couple of people to egg him on in some obscure corner of the internet, similar to the way in which some people have been encouraged to commit suicide. (View Post)

Well, in a few years time, there might be teams from Chechnya, Dagestan and various other former Russian Federation States. (View Post)

It won't stop him from facing questions and an inquiry into various financial happenings, and I don't think it would prevent a suspension from the Commons they would kick off a recall petit… (View Post)