K. Larina: “I’ve written down all the topics for our conversation today, and it’s getting a little scary. The Law on Foreign Agents, the law on returning the article “Slander” to the Criminal Code, the Navalny case, the Belykh case, the Bessonov case, the Pussy Riot case. ...Tell me what does this mean? Is this some kind of massive purge going on?” N. Svanidze: “Well, it’s a kind of nut clamp around the perimeter. It does happen, yes, of course.” K. Larina: “So what? Why so fast?