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

https://khpg.org/en/1608813775
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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/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.