When a newspaper, Sovietskaya Kalmykia, proved a damaging critic of Mr Ilyumzhinov's regime, its staff were evicted in an attempt to shut the paper down.
Supporters of the bill said it would help people whose credit scores were unfairly damaged, while critics argued that it would undermine the value of credit reports because it does not distinguish between people who were truly delinquent and those who were the victims of billing errors or other mistakes.
Thousands of soldiers return home damaged, but critics often scapegoat military doctors.
One of the BBC's most powerful executives has hit back at attacks on the broadcaster by some of its biggest stars, such as David Dimbleby and Jennifer Saunders, complaining that high-profile critics were damaging the corporation and "driving staff mad".
Though it might be all fun and games for him, he inevitably re-enforces damaging views; among his critics, there are also thousands of people in his Twitter replies telling him how right he is – and they seem to mean it, even if he doesn't.
The law was grounded in a belief that adultery challenged the social order and damaged families, but critics insisted it was an outdated piece of legislation that represented state overreach into people's private lives.
He bristled at the criticism and lamented the damage that critics had inflicted to his reputation, insisting that he had always sought to "make something wonderful and terrific".
And the amount people stake has also increased, from £7 billion in 2001 to an estimated £50 billion this year.Liberalisation has not proved as damaging to British morals as critics feared.
Last week, the Scottish TUC called for the end to an eight-year freeze in council tax rates in place since 2008, a flagship Scottish National party policy blamed by its critics for seriously damaging the capacity of councils to improve services.
Just like their inspiration, these films refuse to die, no matter how much damage the critics inflict on them.
