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Quite to the contrary, Russian politics traditionally likes to have everything "on paper", even if they don't plan to stick to it.
If they don't have a formal reason to jail someone, they will create it (like Golunov), just to have it "on paper".
When Russia closes off oil or gas to intimidate their customers, it always comes up with some kind of formal reason ("technical issues"), just to have it "on paper".
