Welcome to the new Soviet era... Russian Lawmaker Denounces Daughter As 'Traitor' For Opposing Ukraine War https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-lawmaker-denounces-daughter-traitor-ukraine-war/31996949.html A member of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russia’s legislature, has denounced his own daughter as a "traitor" after she gave an interview in which she denounced Russia’s unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine. "It is evident she received money from certain mass media -- in other words, she sold out her father, her family, her motherland," Federation Council member Eduard Isakov, who represents the northern Khanty-Mansi autonomous region, wrote on Telegram on August 19 about his eldest daughter, Diana Isakova. "It is difficult to choose your words when your daughter turns out to be a traitor." Earlier the same day, the 25-year-old Isakova told Meduza and the BBC that she had left Russia and intended to form a "new opposition" abroad to oppose the war. Isakova's parents have long been divorced, and she said she does not have "close relations" with her father. "When the war began, I had a feeling of guilt," Isakova told Meduza. "Now I take responsibility for my decisions and my actions, and I am doing what I can to help people, the opposition, and the nations of Russia, and so on…. Guilt doesn't do anyone any good. I accept the past and do everything I can to make things better." In his post on Telegram, Isakov noted that he "has not raised Diana since she was 3." He claimed she has mental health issues and that "it is difficult to communicate with her." When he found out in April that she had participated in an anti-war demonstration in Sochi, he attempted to "explain the necessity" of the "special military operation" in Ukraine, using the Kremlin’s preferred euphemism for the war. "I suggested that she visit places of military glory of the Soviet people and learn the history of her country," Isakov wrote. "I suggested she travel as a volunteer to the Donbas to help people who have lived in war conditions for eight years and to learn firsthand the reasons for the special military operation." "Donbas" refers to the parts of eastern Ukraine where Moscow has fomented a separatist uprising since 2014, the same year Russia illegally annexed Ukraine’s Crimea region. Since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February, the war has divided many Russian families, with some members supporting the Kremlin and others opposing the war.
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Let's see what is going on in Russia amidst the Soviet crackdown... Anti-Putin pensioner who torched Russian general's BMW faces 15 years in jail: Protester, 65, says she conducted her own 'special military operation' in anger over Ukraine war https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...MW-faces-jail-special-military-operation.html Elena Belova, 65, could now be imprisoned for 15 years under draconian war law During her arrest the anti-war pensioner claims being told to shout fascist slogan She poured petrol and threw a match onto army deputy chief's luxury SUV Incident came amid turmoil in wake of 'Putin's Rasputin' daughter car killing (More at above url)
Russian prosecutor asks court to declare anti-war rapper's work 'extremist' - media https://news.yahoo.com/russian-prosecutor-asks-court-declare-120509376.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
Putin's Soviet empire takes action over a Facebook post from 2020. Russian Jewish politician jailed for comparing Stalin to Hitler Court sends Leonid Gozman, who holds Israeli citizenship, to 15 days in prison for 2020 Facebook post https://www.timesofisrael.com/russi...enced-to-jail-for-comparing-stalin-to-hitler/
The new Soviet Russia educational system... What Russia’s schoolchildren are being taught about Ukraine No effort has been spared in enlisting schoolteachers to teach ‘history,’ according to President Vladimir Putin. https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-school-children-teacher-ukraine-history/?
Preemptively looking for people of Ukrainian origin to blame for upcoming "terrorism". Welcome to Putin's new Soviet Union. In Moscow, FSB searches for people of Ukrainian origin to blame them for "terrorist attacks" – intelligence https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/09/2/7365831/ In Moscow, the members of FSB are looking for people who stand against the war, especially those of Ukrainian origin, in order to blame them for the "terrorist attacks" in Russia. Source: Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Quote: "In Moscow, the campaign of searching for Russian citizens who stand against the war in Ukraine, is gaining traction. More attention is focused on former citizens of Ukraine and people of Ukrainian origin". Details: "Groups of people dressed in civilian clothes, introducing themselves as FSB officers, are conducting door-to-door searches in the city". They ask the residents if there are Ukrainians living nearby, or if they rent an apartment. They also inquire about citizens' views concerning Russia's so-called special military operation in Ukraine. The intelligence service reports that one of the goals of these actions is to stop the forming and spreading of people's dismissive attitude to the war, and the other one is to detect individuals who can influence the independent public opinion concerning the war. This campaign is also expected to create a negative image of Ukrainians who should be viewed as terrorists and radical activists. The Chief Intelligence Directorate stated that these citizens may be then accused of terrorist attacks, orchestrated by the Russian special services in Russia.