Putin got tired and abolished laws because of uselessness: Russian experts on introduction of partial martial law in Russian 

A selection of comments was prepared by the Mozhem obyasnit (We can explain) Telegram channel.

Political scientist Stanislav Belkovsky believes that de facto (semi)martial law has now been imposed on the entire territory of the Russian Federation: "Putin's decree allows the introduction of any elements of martial law in any other region of the country. It also follows from the decree that the heads of neighboring the “newly joined" regions of the oblasts will be able to temporarily resettle the residents of these territories in safe areas."

Expert Mykhail Vinogradov points out that the most ambiguous, blurred and non-specific point in the presidential decree is the third, about "other measures".

"The governors' dream came true. Special strengthened regimes gave them unlimited powers. God heard their prayers. However, they did not ask him for this. But for the opportunity to be masters and have unlimited powers in peacetime. The devil hides in the details," political scientist Konstantin Kalachev says.

Former State Duma deputy Dmitry Gudkov insists on the same. He believes that Putin "got tired and canceled the laws as unnecessary ones"

"What does his decree mean: if martial law is declared in Kherson, then the governor of Magadan can ban any newspaper and rob any company. That is, to "impose elements of martial law" in the region. And elements are anything . To cancel rights and freedoms - yes, it's easy. Freedom of movement, freedom of speech, freedom of anything - forget it. Wherever they want - they will do it there. And again, everything has been given as if for ransom to the governors: Putin is useless. Yes, this is oprichnina. Everything it was going, going - and finally it came," Hudkov wrote.

"For ordinary citizens, the introduction of martial law means a legal fixation of a situation in which the government, which is supposedly supposed to protect them, poses a much bigger problem than those who, as it were, attack them, - political scientist Abbas Gallyamov is confident . - In general, it looks like all this is not so much a struggle against an external enemy as an attempt to prevent a revolution that is maturing inside the country."

"Martial law is a shock political pedagogy. The population is deprived of the opportunity to pretend that there is no war," summarizes political scientist Gleb Pavlovsky.