One of the activists of the Movement in Defense of the Khimki Forest, who is fighting with the current mayor of Khimki Vladimir Strelchenko, who decided to build a highway through a unique forest, is threatened with having her eyes gouged out. An activist named Elena is collecting signatures in support of mayoral candidate Evgenia Chirikova, the leader of the movement. On December 26, unknown people called her mother and promised to gouge out Elena’s eyes.

The day before, the leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the first time openly admitted that the crisis in the economy could lead to destabilization of the situation in the country. The First Deputy Minister of the Interior Mikhail Sukhodolsky said that in the near future, protest promotions are likely, as well as the growth of crimes - both committed in Russia by migrants and directed against them.

Throughout the past week, the Russian authorities have been intensely frightening the Russian people. Beyond the Urals, brave riot police explained to the citizens who imagined themselves who they really were. The frenzy of the police is understandable - they suddenly found out that, it turns out, half the country drives decent Japanese cars, which they also get, in general, for mere pennies.

Of the last years of the modern history of Russia, 2005 was the year when at least some significant, widely discussed protests actually took place related to the introduction of Federal Law No.

Solidarity, having successfully held its December congress, proved the validity of the approach that formed the basis for its creation. The abandonment of the leadership principle of management, a focus on uniting diversified groups, and an emphasis on the regional component became the key to the creation of a fundamentally new organization.

On December 26, the satirical writer and author of the EZh Viktor Shenderovich received a call from the Presnensky court, which received a lawsuit from Duma deputy Sergei Abeltsev (LDPR).

The trouble-free operation of the judicial machine is an important component of the mechanism of mass repression. But not the only one. It is not only legal proceedings that are being eroded, but also the criminal laws themselves. Vagueness of formulations, ambiguity of interpretations, ambiguity of definitions - these are prerequisites for the mass application of criminal norms to innocent people.

According to the results of a survey by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM, www.wciom.ru), published on December 25, in 2008, both the number of people who believe that mass protests against the decline in living standards are possible, and the number of people willing to take part in them, increased.