If they didn't get him for this they'd have got him for something else. He's an embarassment and before this he's been a thorn in the side of previous leaders. As he points out himself.
He's dead against the SMO. Amazing that he hasn't called it a "war" and been locked up for that, like some others. He was hoping that this war, for want of a better word, would mean the overthrow of the state/Putin with the possibility of the arrival of socialism (of the authoritarian not libertarian, alas, variety) but the masses have let him down. As they do so often. To us all.
He's easily the best writer over at Russian Dissent (set up by Matt Taibbi "to provide a forum for Russian writers who can't be critical at home, and to help Americans see the range of attitudes inside Russia") though I don't agree with everything he says. I admire his courage, though. Unrelenting.
This incident rather reminds me of the Czech writer Milan Kundera in his book, The Joke, set in Stalin's time. But maybe Kagarlitsky wants us to make the comparison.
Everybody could do with some time inside. Help them see how the other half lives and get to meet people they wouldn't ordinarily meet. Like Craig Murray before him, Boris seems to have made the most of his time.
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