So folks unfamiliar with Russia... Panarin has to be very strategic about what he says when he comes back. First, I assume he was terribly shaken and worried about his and Alisa's families. Now, he needs to make a decision. Will he keep his mouth shut, or will he continue expressing his opinion? Expressing his opinion comes with huge consequences. Next time he pisses off the government - they will manufacture the victim, police reports, court records, and witnesses. A story about killing a 2 year old while driving drunk 10 years ago (and paying off the police) will come out. Or torturing a puppy. Pouring gasoline on an elderly woman. With a video. Easily done. Nazarov may have acted on his own. Or he may have been asked to show Panarin who's the boss, without inflicting too much damage. Panarin is in a huge pickle. It's dangerous to continue speaking out. But it will look like the intimidation tactic worked if he doesn't. You know what's so frustrating... he hasn't said anything wrong at all, he only expressed what millions of people in Russia think.