It is absolutely clear what is going on. The economic situation is going to be extremely dire very-very soon. I.e. the USD/RUB exchange rate fell by 50% and lik

It is absolutely clear what is going on. The economic situation is going to be extremely dire very-very soon. I.e. the USD/RUB exchange rate fell by 50% and likely will fall much more. They already introduced limits how much you can buy in grocery stores (sugar etc.), so they'll need additional enemies to blame other than the West, Ukraine, nazis etc. The selected corrupt officials are a good target, since there are plenty of them. Obviously only those identified to be not loyal enough will be selected. The exact text of the law and numbers does not really matter here, as there is no real independent court/justice or any kind of rule of law.