Anya Politkovskaya was killed . The most honest, brave and sincere journalist who has not yet been killed was killed. Does everything that is happening still leave doubts about the diagnosis? This is fascism. It has new features. He resorts more to mass deception than to mass terror. But he does not disdain old methods. The current government’s arsenal includes intimidation, blackmail, incriminating evidence, outbidding, recruitment, and beatings. And murders.