In society Convulsions of Putinism December 24, 2020 Alexander Golts Marquez, I remember, explained the phenomenon of “fantastic realism” by the features of the Latin American reality: they say, for an outside observer, it looks fantastic. In the same way, what is happening in Russia may seem like the embodiment of a wandering plot about how crazy, who seized power in a psychiatric clinic, see a threat in every normal person and try, as they can, to eliminate this threat.