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From the article:

   So are the volunteers loose cannons who
   could potentially embarrass the Kremlin?
   Or are they simply useful tools of a policy
   that can be officially denied?
Not sure if "useful tools" is as appropriate as the much older phrase "useful idiots".

Sucks to be one of the many ordinary Russians and Ukrainians suffering on account of Putin's megalomania. Yet another counterexample to Friedman's "Golden Arches Theory". [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lexus_and_the_Olive_Tree#Go...