How the Russian Government Silences Wartime DissentJust days after invading Ukraine, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia signed a censorship law that made it illegal to “discredit” the army.
The indignities of the crackdown, and the long arm of the Russia law, is being lost in the numbers.
Nanna Heitmann for The New York TimesIn dry legalese, the court documents recount the Russian state’s case against these statements and protests.
People’s “negative assessment” of the Russian military could adversely affect its performance, the court said, presenting a national security risk.
And I very much don’t want this.”Sergei Platonov at district court in Moscow listening to his guilty verdict in November.
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