Opposition in Russia silenced

The editorialist Pol Mathil considers that the results of elections in the Duma, to be held on December 2nd, are a foregone conclusion, which renders the wave of repression in Russia 'absurd'. For him, only one election is of importance: the presidential election on March 2nd. "While the deadline for closing the list of candidates is on December 21st, in less than a month, Russians don't know the name of a single person prepared to take over from Putin. ... There are some signs indicating the degeneration of strife between rival factions within the Kremlin and without. These factions oppose numerous former officers of the KGB, where Mr. Putin was trained, whom he placed in the upper echelons of the State. .. They are all seeking a way to protect their immense interests, whilst ensuring their place in and the continuity of the current system, which in fact depends on a single man."

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