Russia is persecuting dissenters by taking away their children(economist.com)
economist.com
Russia is persecuting dissenters by taking away their children
https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/03/31/russia-is-persecuting-dissenters-by-taking-away-their-children
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Just to note, same happens in Belarus. This is one of the reason we can't travel there to see our grand parents - risk of being put in to prison and kids taken away is just to high to accept.
As Russian who left the country on February 25th 2022 I can strongly recommend following substack for those who curios about economical and political situation inside the country:
https://ironcurtain.substack.com/
Author is Sergey Aleksashenko who is economist and former government official. He now live in US and actively support Ukraine, but he have really neutral and realistic view on events.
https://ironcurtain.substack.com/
Author is Sergey Aleksashenko who is economist and former government official. He now live in US and actively support Ukraine, but he have really neutral and realistic view on events.
Wagner leader Prigozhin made a statement against this one as part of his internal politics war. So in case people are questioning whether this is just western propaganda, no, it appears to be the same story running around domestically, with many ultra nationalists supporting it.
They've already yoinked hundreds of Ukraine children from families, so why not?
Embrace the fuckery and continue the war crimes on your own citizens.
Embrace the fuckery and continue the war crimes on your own citizens.
Russians have never had any real individual rights. Throughout their history the common people have just been resources enslaved to brutal overlords. The Soviets were perhaps somewhat softer overlords on average, but the principle remains.
The state will dispose of disobedient people the same way it would dispose of rotten potatoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZqBLcIvw0
The state will dispose of disobedient people the same way it would dispose of rotten potatoes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ZqBLcIvw0
How depressing it must be to have lived through the collapse of the soviet union, realize the magnitude of lies, see the hope of a new Russia, and then have to go through this.
They took my daughter to the orphanage luckily for two days because of this reason (I'm a single parent).
To 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.
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.
It 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.
Any Russians on here to explain why dissenters wouldn’t work on leaving the country rather than token demonstrations like this?
Ow wow, I expected this one would become like "FSB arrests children for blowing up buildings in Minecraft" as soon as the first details had started to surface, but never would have guessed it would hit HN.
PsyOps is strong, I see a few other people here bringing them up and getting mass downvoted.
PsyOps is strong, I see a few other people here bringing them up and getting mass downvoted.
this is absolutely terrible. this is a sure way for russia to create a modern version of the stolen generation [1]
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations
Nothing new. Family from Eastern Europe had to deal with this bs with communism. It was always the fear of neighbors “ratting you out” made everyone paranoid. You had to be on board or risked being “taken away.”
There are international organizations that try to protect children's rights.
For example, Robert Kennedy, who might a presidential run as a democrat in the next election is involved in the Children's Health Defence
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/
Pro-russion forces will claim this report is mere propaganda - how to proof it's not?
Russia is slipping into totalitarianism more and more very day. But this did not happen over night; Putin and his cronies have been working towards this goal for more than 15 years now and the attack on Ukraine simply gave them all the excuses they needed to clamp down on the last dissenters.
So painful
So painful
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Same happens with Polish kids in Norway.
The same is happening in Texas, where your kid can be taken away without trial if someone reports that they may be trans.
I don't think he's an immediate threat to society or his daughter and hence don't support the imprisonment.
The portrait painted by the Economist is, however, incomplete. I guess because the details are not pretty. Mr. Moskalyov was convicted three times before this trial (but haven't served any jail time):
- in 1984 for theft
- in 2004 for (illegal) imprisonment without kidnapping
- in 2008 for violating production/transport safety regulations
Apparently he's also not paying utilities/taxes and have no legal sources of income -- he's growing and selling exotic animals but that's off the books.
Feel sorry for the kid the most...
The portrait painted by the Economist is, however, incomplete. I guess because the details are not pretty. Mr. Moskalyov was convicted three times before this trial (but haven't served any jail time):
- in 1984 for theft
- in 2004 for (illegal) imprisonment without kidnapping
- in 2008 for violating production/transport safety regulations
Apparently he's also not paying utilities/taxes and have no legal sources of income -- he's growing and selling exotic animals but that's off the books.
Feel sorry for the kid the most...
Go on, tell me this doesn't have a nuclear weapon used to "salt" Ukraine crops when he's on his final deathbed.
There are no checks and balances, everyone is just going to do what they are told and that will be the end of that.
The surge in the price of all wheat products in the US is in part due to Ukraine crops being unavailable, they are important to the entire world.
There are no checks and balances, everyone is just going to do what they are told and that will be the end of that.
The surge in the price of all wheat products in the US is in part due to Ukraine crops being unavailable, they are important to the entire world.
Is a family in the US that publicly supports Al Qaeda or ISIS not being threatened with the same?