The timing of the charges is conspicuous. Since leaving Russia in 2013, the former tycoon has been generally removed from the attention of Russian officialdom. But two days ago he delivered a speech in which he called revolution “inevitable and necessary,” pledging to help carry it out.
We are all so surprised, eh?
So the obvious question is which comes first – will you be charged with some spurious criminal act if you attack the President, or can you get away with murder as long as you are rich and support him?
I suspect the answer is “Yes”.