On the eve of the "Open Russia" action, "Nadoel" Mikhail Khodorkovsky gave an interview to "Ekho Moskvy" and summed up that if "we were frightened, it's good ..." Any country is boiling and developing, especially Russia, which perimeter is in contact with a lot of states that have Different, and in some cases, mutually exclusive culture and state structure, which undoubtedly gives a rich food for the reflection and development of society. But Khodorkovsky poses for himself and his offspring the most difficult task of a peaceful legal change in the situation and the transition of the state from authoritarian rule to democracy.
Theoretically this is possible. In the parameters of the Russian Constitution, there is a fifteenth article, which is quite capable of enlightening the Kremlin and forcing Putin's vertical line to return to the legal field, and only after the restoration of constitutional norms, we can proceed to the second step - formation and competition in the electoral process. This is the only source of legal constitutional power that does not depend on national institutions of power. This is why Zorkin, Bastrykin and other apologists of Putin's regime are worried about this article of the Constitution. As long as the UN exists in the world, the Rome Statute, the ECHR and other institutions of international law, any authoritarian, totalitarian, theocratic or ideological state can be subjected to pressure, sanctions and force interventions.
To organize any protest, you need three things - legal personality, legitimacy and sufficient funding for the process. On the territory of Putin's Russia there is not a single institution of power that would not be crushed by the Kremlin and the Lubyanka, therefore it is impossible to organize and hold a legitimate protest in the jurisdiction of Russia. All concerted actions, admissions of opposition candidates to various kinds of elections and other protest activities are always special operations, fully controlled by the ruling regime. There is no need to be mistaken, neither the shares of Navalny, nor Khodorkovsky's shares, nor anyone else who tries to organize a protest on the territory of Russia are afraid of the Kremlin. On the contrary, this is in the hands of special services, which on the silver platter bring an agent network and all opponents of the regime. But the Kremlin and Lubyanka are catastrophically afraid of shifting decision-making to democratic law-based states. For this reason, organizations registered by Russian citizens abroad are recognized as undesirable to somehow level out possible solutions in international instances concerning both Russia and individual officials, civil servants and officials.
The appearance of Mikhail Khodorkovsky on the outside and outside of Russia with his financial capabilities and declared intentions is a serious potential threat to the Kremlin, but all his imperial habits and attempts to organize his activity in a criminal gangster state on democratic legal principles erase all possible danger for both Putin, And for his regime. Although, you can create any toolkit for any stock.
We take the last action "Nadoel", which is directed against the next term of Putin. In Russia's jurisdiction to obtain an official document that prevents Putin from attending another presidential term, it is impossible either in the executive, in the legislative or judicial branches, and therefore any attempt at such a protest becomes unconstitutional, illegal and repressive. But if Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who has the status of a political refugee who does not have the opportunity to be in Russia's jurisdiction, would first engage in international civil society institutions and receive a decision or clarification from the ECHR about the impossibility of running for Putin on the third, fourth and t.
Presidential terms, then it would be possible to hold not only protests but also to demand from the international community a corresponding reaction in the event of the ban of this action or repressive actions on the part of having a judicial decision in the hands of a court decision that falls within the parameters of the fifteenth article of the Constitution of the Russian Federation The Kremlin and Lubyanka.
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