Russia; The new North Korea

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[Celerity]

1. nyet voinye (no to war) is what that sign refers to

Fines, fear, self-censorship: Russia's new Ukraine law casts chill

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fines-fear-self-censorship-russias-new-ukraine-laws-cast-chill-2022-03-11/

LONDON, March 11 (Reuters) - After almost eight hours sitting in a police station and court, Vera Kotova became one of the first people to be judged and fined just under $240 under a new Russian law to punish anyone deemed to have discredited the armed forces.

Her crime was writing "No to war" accompanied by a heart in the snow at the foot of a statue of Soviet state founder Vladimir Lenin in a square in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk during a sparsely attended protest rally.

Her punishment, decided by the central district court of Krasnoyarsk, was the 30,000 rouble fine, which she is appealing.

The incident went viral on local media and the Telegram messaging app., helped by a video of an unidentified policeman using his foot to rub away the phrase that is now banned in Russia.

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The phrase "no to war" in Russian is "nyet voinye".

нет войне

[BigmanPigman]

2. No wonder many Russians are leaving their country

without plans to return.