Russia’s billionaires have not picketed Red Square yet, if only because the court decisions in the cases against Navalny are widely believed to be predetermined. Putin made his opinion known during a 5-hour call-in session last week, in comments the trial judges are highly unlikely to have missed: “People who fight against corruption must be absolutely honest themselves, otherwise this turns into mere self-promotion and political campaigning. Everyone must be equal before the law, and no one should have the illusion that if one yells ’Stop thief!’, then he himself is allowed to steal.”  Article