It is impossible to silence independent politicians and independent media without choking off independent sources of money, which is why Putin’s Kremlin has concentrated its attacks on the so-called “oligarchs.” Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s arrest and trial were orchestrated for precisely this reason.
不先断绝独立的资金来源，就根本不可能压制独立的政治家和媒体，这也是普京领导的克里姆林宫集中全力打击所谓“寡头政治”的原因所在。逮捕和审判米哈伊尔·霍多尔科夫斯基正是出于这样的原因。统治克里姆林宫的安全势力希望掐断独立的资金来源，进而摧毁俄国独立的政治生活。