In an article published in Kommersant, Andrei Illarionov notes that state-owned companies have turned “into the shock weapons of the corporatist state and have moved on to massive interventions in the private sector.” The best way to combat this situation is to start a campaign of civil non-participation in state affairs. Thus, according to Illarionov, Russians will be able to begin restoring lost civil, political, and economic freedoms.