Viktor Shenderovich: "Completely Theater History unfolds in front of us"

“A strange picture, is it not true? The head of the state, the permanent leader of the country, the object of worship of millions of his fellow citizens, the symbol of the huge empire is confronted with a person without a name, a miserable criminal, a embezzle, a forest twist,” writes a satirist and publicist on his Facebook page due to the announced return of Alexei Navalny to Russia.

"And the head of state trembles before our eyes with a small tremor and intimidates this man without a name, trying to prevent his return to the country ...

The explanation of this plot is very simple.

Navalny is not a Kirov, but the Birnamo forest (see the play "Macbeth"). Feel the difference.

Before us is a completely theatrical story. Navalny for Putin is the embodied horror of the approach of punishment. And no matter how this plot ends, he cannot but impress. "