“For more than a month, Georgia has not received electricity due to problems existing on Russian territory... This will continue until we create new energy capacities in Georgia itself,” said Mikheil Saakashvili. It seems that Chubais’s concept of a “liberal empire,” according to which Russia will ensure the loyalty of the CIS countries through energy supplies, is faltering.

There is no doubt that the main event of the past week was to be the fifth anniversary of the stay of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on the captain’s bridge of the Russian state. The schedule of the presidential week was made in such a way as to brighter the role of the head of state. First, a visit to Kostroma to the Ipatiev Monastery - to demonstrate the continuity of the current Russian government, its connection with the historical tradition.

In practice, compensation for lost housing or damage to houses in Chechnya can turn out to be anything, including funding for militants. According to military authorities, about 100 million rubles were paid “with violations.” The violations consist in the fact that the number of payments in some villages exceeds the number of houses in them. In those cases where the number of payments and houses coincide, the amount of damage is tens of times less than the amount of payments.

The initiators of this action are going to send signature sheets to the Russian Presidential Administration. They say that they will not be able to ignore this form of mass expression of will. The Kremlin faces a difficult task. If Vladimir Putin agrees to remove Rakhimov, this will mean that he has succumbed to pressure, and other republics may follow the example of Bashkiria.