Putin's System Is Built on Shaky Foundations (Maxim Trudolyubov) from Moscow Today [in English]
"This system considers ideas in any form — unless they serve the needs of the regime — as mortal enemies. This even includes nationalism and fundamentalism. Leaders know that if any idea were to "break free" from its Kremlin handlers and unite the masses under its banner, it could completely obliterate the political system as it now exists.... The main limitation to this system is that now it is only capable of spurring ever greater negative consequences and hastening its own demise."