The brutality of Russian President Vladimir Putin is in front of the whole world. Russian weapons have been raining ammunition in Ukraine for more than a month. Thousands of innocent people have lost their lives, including women and children. Millions of people have been forced to take refuge in neighboring countries.
Pictures of Ukraine’s ruin are disturbing
The Russian army is targeting even a hospital in Ukraine. The pictures of the ruin of Ukraine give goosebumps. Crying children, helpless mothers, helpless fathers are filled with visual media. Is Putin’s heart of stone, which is not melting even after seeing all this?
Putin government treats opponents like enemies
Actually, this cruelty of Putin may be new to the world. The people of Russia have seen more than one example of their cruelty over the years. Russia’s attempts to hold on to power over the past two decades have turned Putin into a man for whom human pain and feelings are worthless. Putin created a whole system to eliminate his opponents in Russia. From last year it was made stricter.
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Tortures are given as foreign agents
The punishment for raising voice against Putin in Russia is prison. Leader of the Opposition Alexei Navelny and hundreds of his supporters have long been jailed. Since Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the Putin government is dealing with opponents more strictly. Those who are afraid of the Putin government are put on the list of foreign agents. After that his every move is closely monitored.
Foreign agents have to pay every minute
In October last year, Russia’s Ministry of Justice put the 49-year-old head of the Media Defense Center on the list of foreign agents. They were not even told what was their fault. Every six months, foreign agents have to tell the government how they are spending their time. If their report is late in reaching the government then they can be fined. Sometimes a violation of the rule can lead to a jail term of up to two years.
Only Putin’s opponents in the list of foreign agents
There are more than one educated people in the list of foreign agents. His only crime is that he dared to raise his voice against Putin. Then, they are named as foreign agents to prove them traitors. A person on the list of foreign agents said that since the attack on Ukraine, strictness has been increased. None of the people on this list are foreigners. All are citizens of Russia, but after getting the tag of foreign agents, they are treated like enemies.
The scope of the foreign list increased over time
The Foreign Agents Act was introduced in 2012. Its purpose was to crack down on such NGOs, which were politically active and received money from abroad. But, gradually the scope of this law increased. In 2017, the government also started putting media houses on the list of foreign agents who criticized Putin.
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