Oleg Mammadov, an activist and member of Russia's Libertarian Party, is just one of a growing number of people across the country who have been punished in the wake of new stringent laws that effectively criminalize all criticism of Putin's war.
As of mid-May, Russian authorities had opened at least 1,938 cases of "discrediting the armed forces," according to OVD-Info, a watchdog group that that tracks the number of arrests in Russia, Radio Free Europe reported.
Russian politician and ex-candidate for the State Duma Mikhail Lobanov was also detained for 15 days for "discrediting" the country's military on his social media networks. He was ordered to pay a fine of 40,000 rubles.
And yet the advocates of "freedom and democracy Libya-style" were saying that she'd surely be tortured and jailed, perhaps even poisoned with polonium.
The question was not whether it's a "problem", however you define that. The question was whether people are jailed for calling the war a war. So far, not one example.
Maybe I wasn't clear, a person is jailed or fined for referring this war as a war(even protesting against it) , and saying anything against the government approved "facts".
The price replacing lady is in jail now for instance.
Its already a problem when one is fined.
https://reliefweb.int/report/russian-federation/russia-criminalizes-independent-war-reporting-anti-war-protests
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-legislature-pass-law-punish-false-information-ukraine-jail-time-2022-3
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-introduce-jail-terms-spreading-fake-information-about-army-2022-03-04/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/07/russia-municipal-councillor-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-jail-for-opposing-the-ukraine-war/
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-party-members-arrested-fined-denouncing-putins-war-ukraine-1720609
And yet the advocates of "freedom and democracy Libya-style" were saying that she'd surely be tortured and jailed, perhaps even poisoned with polonium.
The question was not whether it's a "problem", however you define that. The question was whether people are jailed for calling the war a war. So far, not one example.
Maybe I wasn't clear, a person is jailed or fined for referring this war as a war(even protesting against it) , and saying anything against the government approved "facts".
The price replacing lady is in jail now for instance.
You keep claiming that, but you haven't given even a single example.
What would you consider acceptable as evidence.
Questioning the narrative that Russia is peddling and getting jailed for it? (evidence provided)
Or just literally saying "war" instead of "special operation"?