It is difficult to predict the start time of the crisis of the authoritarian regime. Sometimes it does not come for a long time, but when it begins, it unfolds rapidly, faster than anyone could have imagined. The leaders of authoritarian regimes often do not understand why this is happening.

In society What to do? Possible actions in the new conditions September 18, 2017 Leonid Gozman The return of Russia to the normal path requires solving several groups of problems. I'll name two. Firstly, it is necessary to overcome apathy and depression among supporters of the democratic path of development of Russia. Today, many people think about emigration, and even more - just does not believe in anything else to participate in anything else.

After a huge number of people responded to the call of Alexei Navalny and reached unauthorized shares in the capital, it is hardly worth it to be surprised that in the cities where he holds “election events”, thousands of his supporters come to them. By the way, this is a very convincing answer to those who once said and wrote that Navalny, they say, exclusively about Moscow. Well, maybe also about Peter, and he is deeply indifferent to the Russian outback.