The end of Alexei Navalny confirms the fate of Putin's critics: exile, prison or death. Russian authorities have opened at least 883 criminal cases against dissidents since the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

The repression not only reaches the democratic opposition, but also sectors favorable to the war, but dissatisfied with the president and the leadership of the army. Without politicians who disagree in public, President Vladimir Putin has paved the way to his fifth presidential term in the elections to be held between March 15 and 17.