One by one, the voices fade away. The Eco radio of Moscow, born in 1990 on the wave of Perestrojka. The Dozhd TV channel, which became famous in the season of protests against Vladimir Putin which began in 2011. Memorial, the oldest Russian organization in defense of human rights which was ordered to close in December and which yesterday saw the police arrive at the offices of Moscow.
Reset information
The crackdown on the political opposition and against the free press in Russia is not news these days: but the law approved on Friday 4 March by the Duma eliminates any possibility of informing the population about what is happening in Ukraine. Where war is a “special military operation”, Ukrainian leaders and their “neo-Nazi” army have subjected the Russian-speaking population of Donbass to “genocide” for eight years. Forcing Moscow to intervene to protect them.
The state truth
A state truth that denies the Russians the images of the razed residential neighborhoods in Kharkiv, the drama of the refugees, the terror of children, the dismembered bodies of Russian soldiers at the foot of burnt tanks. They won’t see, they won’t know. “The time has come to rally around Putin,” said the president’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
Who will not do it, who will spread false news about the war that is not there, now faces up to 15 years in prison. The approved law contains amendments to the Criminal Code: among these, there are also fines for those who invoke sanctions against the motherland, and increasingly severe penalties for those who discredit the armed forces or call people to demonstrate.
The Appeal of Navalnyj
This is what Aleksej Navalnyj, an opponent in prison since January 2021, did yesterday. «For eight days – he wrote on his website – our country has been considered absolute evil, for eight days bombs and missiles have rained on Ukrainian cities. Putin muddy our flag, our language and the very word “Russia”. Perhaps you are afraid, but giving in to fear means being on the side of the fascists and murderers. Exit the streets, which the whole world sees that Putin is not Russia. They often ask: “What can a meeting change?” He will change us. We, answer to the future of Russia ».