[w_t_payne]

It's helpful to think of this as akin to a DDOS-like attack on the Russian internal security infrastructure.

They've only got so much bandwidth - money, personnel and time - to deal with all of the myriad security issues which keep popping up.

The more people we can reach out to, the more 'leads' the security services will have to investigate, then the less effective they will be at propping up Putin's empire of fear.

Putin holds power because everyone is so afraid. As soon as the security services stop being effective, and people learn that they don't need to be afraid any longer ... then the only thing keeping him in power will begin to evaporate.