Oleg Kashin: "Victory of Shlosberg"

“Before our eyes, a bright regional opposition politician is becoming a federal one. He is principled, irreconcilable, popular and unsullied, his name at the head of the party can bring it a significant number of new supporters.

Under these conditions of the task, what follows appears as if by itself: first, an anonymous post on social networks - Schlosberg is Browder’s agent, Kolomoisky’s business partner and a consultant to the State Department. Then the news on the RIA feed - “Bloggers: Schlosberg agent” - and further in the text. Then a film on NTV - “Anatomy of Schlosberg”. Next is a request from Deputy Degtyarev. Next is a check by the Investigative Committee, Markin, who promises to look into it. Then there’s a criminal case, no matter what, and at the next press conference Putin giggles: they say, in order to have the moral right to expose, you have to be clean yourself.”