Of course, the front’s rapid increase in membership has been facilitated by the ease of signing up. You don’t have to even get off the couch. The high-tech front has a site where anyone can fill out a form with a couple of clicks and receive confirmation that the application has been accepted, automatically making him a supporter. You don’t have to fill out much information on the application, and you don’t even have to be a citizen of Russia to join. Blogger Kurupt decided to carry out an experiment and signed as Poligraph Sharikov, a character in Mikhail Bulgakov’s anti-Soviet novel “Heart of a Dog.” The experiment was successful, and now Sharikov is a proud member of Putin’s front.