Stanislav Aleksandrovich Belkovsky is one of the leading political scientists in Russia, writer and publicist, director of the Institute of National Strategy. Belkovsky knows the political kitchen well: as a political strategist, he worked with many Russian and Ukrainian politicians. He loves and knows how to shock the public, his texts cause heated debates, and sometimes even scandals. Nowadays in Russia the number and scale of all kinds of prohibitions are rapidly increasing, writes Stanislav Belkovsky in his book, the prohibitions cover more and more new areas of human life. To what extent do these prohibitions contribute to the strengthening of the “Kremlin empire”, what will happen if the “serf ideology” triumphs in it; how the events in Ukraine and Western sanctions affected the Kremlin empire, whether it can withstand the onslaught of its opponents - Belkovsky gives unexpected answers to these questions.