Russia is persecuting dissenters by taking away their children
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#3It will continue for as long as it will take the world to realise that problem with Russia, is Russia itself, and it needs to be comprehensively fixed.
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#4It will continue for as long as it will take the world to realise that problem with Russia, is Russia itself, and it needs to be comprehensively fixed.
Russia -> some people in Russia
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#5Any Russians on here to explain why dissenters wouldn’t work on leaving the country rather than token demonstrations like this?
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#6Any Russians on here to explain why dissenters wouldn’t work on leaving the country rather than token demonstrations like this?
The article says he was investigated only after his daughter drew a picture in class. So it probably wasn't particularly planned. And then he fled to Belarus once he got wind of the charges.
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#7Any Russians on here to explain why dissenters wouldn’t work on leaving the country rather than token demonstrations like this?
Leaving the country is not easy.. you just need one grandmother that needs care and you're stuck
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#8It will continue for as long as it will take the world to realise that problem with Russia, is Russia itself, and it needs to be comprehensively fixed.
I'm pretty sure the problem is a circle of oligarchs, cronies, and ex-KGB turning the government into a sadistic mob state, and their citizens poor as hell.
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#9To an observer not closely following the extraordinary cycle of internal repressions taking place in Russia following its invasion of Ukraine - the news coming out of there, such as this one - may appear sensationalized. Surely this level of judicial evil is overstated!
It’s not.
The show trials over alleged enemies of the state reminiscent of Stalin are becoming routine. Regular people receiving sentences of 7 years in colonies for anti-war posts or statements - are common.
At the same time - convicted murderers are freed to volunteer to fight against Ukraine and are given state honors, with laws being written threatening severe punishment for reporting the details of their past.
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