More than 260 people are currently serving prison sentences in Russia for crimes related to adopting a pacifist stance.
In a bizarre incident, a Russian university student was sentenced to 10 days in jail by a Moscow court for naming his Wi-Fi router after a pro-Ukrainian slogan: russian media reported.
Oleg Tarasov, a student at Moscow State University, had renamed his WIFI router to “Slava Ukraini,” meaning “Glory to Ukraine,” a tribute that has become popular amid Russia's war in Ukraine. , according to the Russian independent news channel Telegram. Ostorozhno Novosti.
administered by the state ESTUARY reported that Tarasov was found guilty of propaganda and “public display of Nazi symbols” by Moscow's Nikulinsky District Court on Thursday, and authorities confiscated his router.
More than 260 people are currently serving prison sentences in the country for crimes related to adopting a pacifist stance, according to the Russian human rights group OVD-Info, which has recorded more than 20,000 arrests.
Following the death of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny in a Russian penal colony north of the Arctic Circle in mid-February, the climate of repression has worsened in Russia.
His death was largely ignored by Russian state media, while hundreds of people were reportedly detained for attending makeshift memorials.
Amid a heavy police presence, thousands of mourners – some chanting “Putin is a murderer” or “no to war” – defied threats of arrest and gathered for Navalny's funeral in Moscow earlier this month. . At least 103 people were detained in 20 Russian cities, OVD-Info reported.
Next week, a closely controlled election, in which the country's only pacifist candidate has been banned from running, will likely see Putin extend his rule into the 2030s.
