The Crusade of the Fathers
The mental attack of the authorities on the fragmented groups of protesters, the theater in state media - either stupid, then cruel - explainable. There are a lot of theater, because there are many staged events - for example, those called “contests”, “bidding” or “elections”. To carry out “elections”, you have to carry out all the work in advance - with everyone to agree, rewrite laws again, arrange the right people, give instructions to the statists.