This should not, of course, be taken to mean that the patriots gushing over Lugovoi’s achievement concede the justice of the British allegations. The social awareness of Homo Putinicus, meticulously burnished by television propagandists, is such that pride in Lugovoi’s achievement and indignation at the infamous campaign unleashed against him by those who hate Russia can jangle within the breast of ordinary Russians without the slightest dissonance.