Kremlin Overreacting to Opposition Threat
Editorial, Mosk. Komsomoletz (in Russian) | January 11, 2011
The arrest of opposition figures Limonov and former Russian Prime Minister Nimzov reveal the government’s nervousness with regard to the threat posed by the opposition to its power. ++ Falling fossil fuel prices are putting the Putin system under pressure. ++ The government realizes that the second half of 2011 is set to remind Russians most unfortunately of the early 1990s with high prices and the erosion of their savings. ++ Instead of overreacting, the bureaucracy would do better to use the opposition’s expertise to rejuvenate the system.
