Someone asked me to turn my post about the Arakcheev-Khudyakov case into an article. I did. Thanks to everyone who commented on the post. I used some of the arguments made in the comments in the article. WHEN EVERYTHING IS OBVIOUS TO EVERYONE A significant public campaign in defense of servicemen Arakcheev and Khudyakov, who are accused of murder, twice acquitted by the court, yet still sitting in cells, has failed to materialize. Not least because the liberal-minded segment of the public is either keeping silent or openly declaring that defending these people is "improper." I would like to say a few words about this selective approach to human rights advocacy, which in my view looks far more improper than rallies in support of possible murderers. More
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