If you’re a dictator who just survived an abortive coup, then, yeah, you’re probably going to want to tighten control on what people can and can’t see. Putin is very weak right now, and likely feeling extremely insecure. For good reason; like, you would not want to be his life insurance provider right now.
This sort of this is as likely to be emotional support censorship for Vlad’s benefit as anything else; hard to imagine it being very effective, certainly. Expect more and more ineffectual crackdowns on information as he deteriorates.
> you would not want to be his life insurance provider right now
Why not? Sounds like the perfect scam, collect the $$$, funnel it to some offshore account. When Putin dies the chaos of succession ensures that nobody will be able to attempt to collect before I leave the country.
I mean, I'm not sure how it works in Russia, but in most countries the insurance industry is about the most heavily regulated part of the finance industry, particularly since the financial crisis; that would be difficult to pull off :)
(Now curious whether "client became a dictator and is currently provoking people into murdering him" is sufficient basis for an insurer to get out of a policy...)
This sort of this is as likely to be emotional support censorship for Vlad’s benefit as anything else; hard to imagine it being very effective, certainly. Expect more and more ineffectual crackdowns on information as he deteriorates.