r/worldnews • u/DownWithAssad • 5d ago

Russia sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to 5 years for criticizing Putin regime and war against Ukraine Russia/Ukraine

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u/meteorprime 5d ago

What are you even fighting for at that point?

Your children jailed for speech…

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u/Neat-Opportunity1824 5d ago

These stories come up every 2nd week. A 6-year old draws Ukrainian flag in school? Straight to jail.

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u/AnotherBigToblerone 5d ago

Draw a blue rectangle above a yellow rectangle, go to jail. Fuck Putin

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u/hereforthefeast 5d ago

I recall an article about a Russian woman who was arrested because she posted a photo wearing a yellow raincoat while on vacation. 

The thinnest of skins lol. 

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u/UnholyLizard65 5d ago

Well this is actually pretty standard tactic from Soviet times. Every little transgression is monitored. Everybody is watching and reporting on everybody else.

Most people obviously didn't like it, but were scared to say anything because they could be the ones thrown in jail.

Its pretty effective and extremely evil way of controlling society through fear. Everybody is paranoid and in the end unwillingly supporting the regime. It alters people's minds and the next generation raised in such shit doesn't even know anything else could be possible.

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u/nighthawkndemontron 5d ago

I had a Romanian friend who spoke at her naturalization ceremony back in 2017 say... although communism ended in Romania, it never left... that stuck with me

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u/UnholyLizard65 5d ago

That sucks. But honestly I wouldn't even call it communism. More like Russian paranoid authoritarianism.

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u/Diligent-Onion-583 5d ago

Let me guess you are of the “democratic socialists of America” camp?

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u/DapperCourierCat 4d ago

A quick cursory glance at unholylizard65’s history shows they live in a former Soviet country and are well acquainted with communism. My guess is “no”.

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u/Stoni_theStonster 4d ago

Lemme guess, everyone on the left is a dirty commie to you? Ignorance is bliss

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u/IIIlllIlIIIlllIlI 4d ago

Back to your safe space, sweet heart

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u/The_Hipster_King 4d ago

You have no idea. We are in EU, but some still cry for Ceausescu and saying that those were the best times Ro had.

My mother was happy that my father could bring powder milk, since he was a sailor. She said that if she had stopped lactating (giving brest milk) I would have probably suffered starvation or death (as a baby). There was no milk and if you wait in line, like 6 hours you might get 1 liter.

My father would also bring music cassettes and bribe his enterance with a pack of Marlboro. He could have gone to jail for listening to music in English.

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u/ironflesh 4d ago

And this is how Chernobyl happens.

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u/BullSitting 5d ago

'Smith!' screamed the shrewish voice from the telescreen. '6079 Smith W.!

Yes, YOU! Bend lower, please! You can do better than that. You're not trying. Lower, please! THAT'S better, comrade. Now stand at ease, the whole squad, and watch me.'

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u/Froopy-Hood 4d ago

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

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u/boogiewugie33 3d ago

👹Zzzz kingdom ... the king of FEAR and LIES

🦇 SATAN 🦇

⚖️🔥⚖️

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u/boogiewugie33 3d ago

👹Zzzz kingdom ... the king of FEAR and LIES 🦇 SATAN 🦇 ⚖️🔥⚖️

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u/yobboman 5d ago

Agreed but don't be fooled into thinking that anywhere else is different to this, its just harder to spot. Group thinking is all about maintaining power over the herd

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u/UnholyLizard65 5d ago

Well I live in one of the states that used to be in Soviet union and I would say it's is very different. Older generations still can be a little paranoid sometimes, but we definitely do have freedom of speech.

Group thinking is all about maintaining power over the herd

Crazies are everywhere, but they are the fringe. It's definitely nowhere near the current situation in Russia.

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u/EconomySwordfish5 5d ago

A raincoat the stereotypical colour a raincoat should be? Somebody arrest this maniac!

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u/niz_loc 5d ago

Warrant issued for Paddington Bear....

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u/GenerationKilled 4d ago

Yeah but that’s for indecent exposure

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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 4d ago

No that’s Pooh Bear

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u/TobyTheArtist 5d ago

[Purin to himself in his head while counting on his fingers]: Using the word "rain" implies water, which implies blue, as water reflects the colour of the sky. Together, the words "rain" and "coat" implies something used when its raining, which requires visibility, which, in turn, means that the coat must be coloured in a way that would enhance visibility during downpour. Yellow if one of the colo-- omG ITS A VERBAL AGENT. ITS THE UKRAINIAN FLAG. SEND THE DISSENTING LEXICONOGRAPHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS TRAVESTY TO JAIL AND CHANGE THE WORD IMMEDIATELY.

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u/Sam5253 5d ago

The United Kingdom is famous for its rain. It rains in the UK.... UK rain... UKrain... UKRAINE!!!

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u/TobyTheArtist 5d ago

Spot on, m8!

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u/PoopyMcFartButt 5d ago

Well said good point

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u/alpacafox 5d ago edited 5d ago

School buses must be valid targets then, since they are just Ukrainian military vehicles according to their color-logic.

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u/Paeyvn 5d ago

Just googled it, doesn't sound like she was arrested, just approached by an agent and forced to write a public apology basically and that that was not what she was promoting.

Still nuts though.

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u/What_Dinosaur 4d ago

A yellow raincoat with the blue sea on the background?!

Dogwhistling!

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u/WonderfulShelter 4d ago

They arrested protestors who had blank pieces of paper held up.

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u/Eptalin 5d ago

It's illegal for children to draw beaches.

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u/sir_spankalot 5d ago

All blue and yellow 2x6 duplo bricks in Russia has been destroyed.

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u/something-burger 4d ago

Those two bricks stacked has been the symbol of Ukrainian support in my house since the war began.

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u/Jesusaurus2000 5d ago

And fields.

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u/Soggy-Log6664 5d ago

Beach, please

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u/SizeApprehensive7832 5d ago

In Russian accent: TheR aRe no beaches in Russia.

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u/SymphoDeProggy 4d ago

Beaches get steetches, blyat

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u/glidespokes 5d ago

Plant yellow sunflowers under a blue sky? Off to jail

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u/Foreign-Duck-4892 5d ago

Whoever kills Putin should get the Nobel Peace Prize

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u/DropsTheMic 5d ago

Don't forget there are Pro Putin Americans on every block.

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u/UnpleasantFax 4d ago

It isn't Putin's clone army enforcing his will.

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u/netchemica 5d ago

Wear a yellow jacket when the skies are blue? You guessed it: Jail!

We have the best conscripts in the world. Because of jail.

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u/TravelSizedRudy 5d ago

Totally stable/safe way of living I'm sure we'll be told here soon for "reasons".

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u/Doodahhh1 5d ago

This is why democracy must be protected.

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u/FrankyHo 5d ago

You know who idolized Putin....i cant remember his name some old ass reality star...

yeah protect democracy and stop edgelord voting. Dont tell me you didnt in '16. Im talking to you penis wrinkle!

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u/Dirty-Soul 5d ago

The one who shit himself in court, the one who tried to bribe a storm named Daniel to keep quiet, the one who stole a president's LPs, or the one who tweets like a budgie?

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u/Doodahhh1 5d ago

Was he kind of an orange color?

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u/Dirty-Soul 5d ago

Orange like a lozenge.

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u/Low-Union6249 5d ago

And yet nobody’s out campaigning for Biden because they take it for granted

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u/Allegorist 5d ago

Really people should just be campaigning against Trump

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u/Low-Union6249 5d ago

Either way works, but when I see some fucking girl on TV saying “I’m voting for Trump because I want to show Biden I support Palestine” I’m like…. Lady, you have sooooo lost the plot. If you care at all about Palestine and what it represents you’ll vote for Biden.

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u/Doodahhh1 5d ago

That's really happening a lot more than the comment before you.

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u/Doodahhh1 5d ago

I agree, people take it for granted

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u/UnholyLizard65 5d ago

As for stable part, this was the norm for almost 50 years in Soviet union. Pretty depressing.

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u/Serious_Goose5368 5d ago

Putin is seriously becoming more paranoid than Teodoro Nguema or Saddam at this point.

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u/Zolo49 5d ago

Hey, that sun up in that blue sky looks kind of yellow to me. Jail for everybody!!!

(Fun fact: From space, our sun looks white but is actually tinged green. It only looks yellow from down here because of the blue light getting scattered by our atmosphere.)

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u/rowger 5d ago

TBH she was not arrested, she just had to talk to a policeman to respond to the accusation brought upon her by some idiot.

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u/kghyr8 5d ago

Miss a dentist appointment, believe it or not, jail. Best patients in the world.

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u/NIBBLES_THE_HAMSTER 5d ago

Undercook chicken - jail..... overcook fish, also jail... undercook/overcook...

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u/Gen-Jack-D-Ripper 5d ago

Forget an umbrella on a rainy day… you guessed it, jail!

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u/Deltamon 5d ago

Run out of Vodka? Oh now you've done it bad gobnik, straight to Jail.

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u/NIBBLES_THE_HAMSTER 5d ago

You charge too high prices for sweaters.... glasses...... straight to jail. No trial, nothing..... jail.

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u/Arkayjiya 4d ago

I read that as undercooked children and I wasn't sure if "- jail" was because of "children" or because of "undercooked"

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u/NIBBLES_THE_HAMSTER 3d ago

Without question, undercooking children is definitely jail... cooking them at all is quite frowned upon.

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u/FrozeItOff 5d ago

In Mother Russia, the undercooked chicken jails YOU....

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u/Dirty-Soul 5d ago

Hmmbrrgrr hmmbrrgrr hmmbrrbrr hmm hmmbrrgrr hmmbrrgrr hmmbrrgrr hmm

Hmmbrrgrr cheezbrrgrr bggmkk woh-prr. Hmmbrrgrr cheezbrrgrr bggmkk woh-prr.

...

Go to jail.

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u/CoheedNadCap 5d ago

Is this a real thing fuxk

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u/Special-Affect-7928 4d ago

Its a line from the Parks and Rec show.

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u/Spara-Extreme 5d ago

Draws a russian flag with the wrong proportions - also jail.

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u/TrixieShakeswell 5d ago

Believe it or not…….. jail.

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u/FieserMoep 5d ago

School assignment: Paint a clear sky above wheat fields.

10yos heavy sweating

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u/Dirkerks 5d ago

Undercook chicken? Straight to jail. Overcook fish, believe it or not, straight to jail.

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u/Master-o-none 4d ago

You undercook OR overcook chicken, believe it or not, straight to yale

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u/bluck_t 4d ago

I mean being against war is one thing but supporting the enemy during wartime is tantamount to treason

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u/infirmiereostie 4d ago

Assignment: draw a desert...

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u/zashiki_warashi_x 3d ago

There was a story like this. Girl painted some pro-peace/anti-war picture in school assignment. She was taken from her single father to foster home. He tried to rescue her and flee the country, but was caught. He was sentenced for 2 years in jail, but managed to escape for Belorussia. Local police found him and returned to Russia. Later girl's mother agreed to take the girl to her new family.

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

Depicting an aggressor in an active war surely must be treason, right? Seems appropriate. The conversation should be focused on the parents media input that forced the child to learn this

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u/Wrest216 5d ago

WTF? Just...wow. Sometimes i forgot how privileged i am.

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u/Witsapiens 5d ago

Do you have any proof of this nonsense?

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u/netchemica 5d ago

Can't find one about drawing a Ukrainian flag, but will laying flowers by a Ukrainian embassy suffice?