Posted 1/7/2024, 12:09:00 AM
Putin Crackdown Revives Dark History as Dissent Mounts over Ukraine War
- Soviet-era jokes about repressive regime have resurfaced under Putin's crackdown on dissent over Ukraine war
- 10-year-old girl arrested for skipping patriotism class and using Ukrainian flag on social media
- Anti-war protesters face brutal beatings, arrests; over 20,000 detained in first year of war
- Underground resistance emerges, with anonymous leaflets, posters, social media campaigns against the war
- Mothers of soldiers killed in "meat grinder" of Ukraine leading growing discontent and protests