I thought we were past this
Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2016 6:47 pmRussia once again is fighting history. I read an article over at the rferl website, last week the Russian Supreme Court upheld the July conviction of a Perm area blogger. The charges: "rehabilitating Nazi-ism" and "spreading false information about the activities of the Soviet Union during World War II". The crime: posting text that included statements that the Soviet Union invaded Poland in 1939. ETA: The conviction carried a fine of 200 000 rubles ( $3,100).
Another article at the same site tells of a Crimean Tatar dissident being confined to a psychiatric hospital. Reviving another soviet era practice.
I just gotta shake my head.
ETA 2: I wonder if some of this is also related to the fact that there are State Duma elections this year. Put fear into opponents.
Another article at the same site tells of a Crimean Tatar dissident being confined to a psychiatric hospital. Reviving another soviet era practice.
I just gotta shake my head.
ETA 2: I wonder if some of this is also related to the fact that there are State Duma elections this year. Put fear into opponents.
