In my opinion, this ritual killing of Nemzov has a propagandic
element that was easily seen when it broke as it was on every media
outlet in the world. The eery image of it being cross shot from the
kremlin had a startling effect.
The other element of it is it
makes it dubious of how does the regime react to such an event. The
reaction is key as you're on stage now with the honus of not to mess up
and handle the investigation well and what follows well.
All in
all it's an easy offensive regime change tactic, and not all that easy
to defend oneself against. Those were my thoughts upon following it.
The liberals, or the smart ones can't just blame Putin. They will stray from this line as soon as they are safe to do so.
This is a kindling attempt to stoke the fire and force regime change in Russia using the fifth column and mustering more support from it.
The other element of it is it makes it dubious of how does the regime react to such an event. The reaction is key as you're on stage now with the honus of not to mess up and handle the investigation well and what follows well.
All in all it's an easy offensive regime change tactic, and not all that easy to defend oneself against. Those were my thoughts upon following it.