Mark Galeotti: Putinism won’t end with a bang, but a warrant
A man passes by a shop display with mobile phone covers bearing the courageous images of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on May 04, 2016.
Will Putinism end not with a bang but a warrant? Hot on the heels of thePanama Papers’ revelations about multi-billion dollar slush funds, a Spanish court's decision to issue arrest orders for 12 Russian citizens, including senior law enforcement officials and a Duma deputy, demonstrates the new pressures faced by Russia’s elite, otherwise used to juggling the freedom to steal at home with the freedom to spend and save abroad.
