Anne Applebaum

These are political murders and they want everyone to know they're political murders. They don't, for reasons of delicacy, they don't want to shoot them in the face, but they want other people to be afraid. So, you know, actually for a long time in Putin's Russia, there weren't a lot of political murders. There wasn't that much political violence. Instead, there was kind of targeted violence.

These are political murders and they want everyone to know they're political murders. They don't, for reasons of delicacy, they don't want to shoot them in the face, but they want other people to be afraid. So, you know, actually for a long time in Putin's Russia, there weren't a lot of political murders. There wasn't that much political violence. Instead, there was kind of targeted violence.

These are political murders and they want everyone to know they're political murders. They don't, for reasons of delicacy, they don't want to shoot them in the face, but they want other people to be afraid. So, you know, actually for a long time in Putin's Russia, there weren't a lot of political murders. There wasn't that much political violence. Instead, there was kind of targeted violence.

So they would pick on one journalist, you know, or one activist. And that person would be bumped off. The idea was that if you kill one person, if you kill Anna Politkovskaya, she was a famous journalist, then you scare everybody else. So other journalists become afraid to do the kinds of things that she was doing.

So they would pick on one journalist, you know, or one activist. And that person would be bumped off. The idea was that if you kill one person, if you kill Anna Politkovskaya, she was a famous journalist, then you scare everybody else. So other journalists become afraid to do the kinds of things that she was doing.

So they would pick on one journalist, you know, or one activist. And that person would be bumped off. The idea was that if you kill one person, if you kill Anna Politkovskaya, she was a famous journalist, then you scare everybody else. So other journalists become afraid to do the kinds of things that she was doing.

With the war in Ukraine, there is more opposition and more unrest, and especially in the Russian elite. This is mostly not happened to people in the provinces. And so there's a greater need to tighten up on internal dissent. And so it's been happening to bankers, business people, high-ranking bureaucrats, people who are inside the system will suddenly fall out a window.

With the war in Ukraine, there is more opposition and more unrest, and especially in the Russian elite. This is mostly not happened to people in the provinces. And so there's a greater need to tighten up on internal dissent. And so it's been happening to bankers, business people, high-ranking bureaucrats, people who are inside the system will suddenly fall out a window.

With the war in Ukraine, there is more opposition and more unrest, and especially in the Russian elite. This is mostly not happened to people in the provinces. And so there's a greater need to tighten up on internal dissent. And so it's been happening to bankers, business people, high-ranking bureaucrats, people who are inside the system will suddenly fall out a window.

There have been some falling down stairs as well, even weirder ones, and a bunch of poisonings. And those are not just to get rid of the person. It's also to scare the other people because they are afraid of internal dissent and people being anti-war. That makes sense.

There have been some falling down stairs as well, even weirder ones, and a bunch of poisonings. And those are not just to get rid of the person. It's also to scare the other people because they are afraid of internal dissent and people being anti-war. That makes sense.

There have been some falling down stairs as well, even weirder ones, and a bunch of poisonings. And those are not just to get rid of the person. It's also to scare the other people because they are afraid of internal dissent and people being anti-war. That makes sense.

That particular murder might have been an accident. I mean, it seems that the people who had the poison and were carrying it around London and leaving traces in hotel rooms and so on, they may not have known what it was. I mean, so that might have been stupidity. But you are right that very often they do things in a way that are designed to be followed.

That particular murder might have been an accident. I mean, it seems that the people who had the poison and were carrying it around London and leaving traces in hotel rooms and so on, they may not have known what it was. I mean, so that might have been stupidity. But you are right that very often they do things in a way that are designed to be followed.

That particular murder might have been an accident. I mean, it seems that the people who had the poison and were carrying it around London and leaving traces in hotel rooms and so on, they may not have known what it was. I mean, so that might have been stupidity. But you are right that very often they do things in a way that are designed to be followed.

I mean, so, for example, when Alexei Navalny was poisoned the second time, it was going to be clear that it was them. It was a poison that only the FSB had and Yeah, they want it to be known who's done it.

I mean, so, for example, when Alexei Navalny was poisoned the second time, it was going to be clear that it was them. It was a poison that only the FSB had and Yeah, they want it to be known who's done it.

I mean, so, for example, when Alexei Navalny was poisoned the second time, it was going to be clear that it was them. It was a poison that only the FSB had and Yeah, they want it to be known who's done it.

So there was something appealing to people who want simple answers. And also, I think, let's be fair. There are injustices in capitalism. There are huge gaps between the rich and the poor. There are people who don't have equal opportunities because of where and how they were born and the kinds of families they grew up in. And injustice is always something that rankles people and bothers them.

So there was something appealing to people who want simple answers. And also, I think, let's be fair. There are injustices in capitalism. There are huge gaps between the rich and the poor. There are people who don't have equal opportunities because of where and how they were born and the kinds of families they grew up in. And injustice is always something that rankles people and bothers them.