Atricle about Putin and Russia

[edhopper]

This is about the Skeptical Movement in Russia, but it gives insight into how a few Russian Free Thinkers see Putin and Russia today.

It's not to long and worth the read.

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2022/06/how-to-be-a-skeptic-in-russia/

I particularly thought this passage was eye opening.

However, the existence of critical thinking does not depend on the political system. The problem is that freethought is a marginal movement in Russia. It is hard to talk about any support for science and critical thinking when the power in the country belongs to crazy, inhuman conspiracy theorists. There are such people in every country, but almost nowhere else do they have such power—or, as in the case of Donald Trump, the system of checks and balances prevents them from doing anything too stupid. In Russia, Putin has no deterrents. He is just a senile old man who doesn’t know how to use the internet, who knows nothing about the modern world—but who has access to nuclear arms. And then there’s his obedient police and the strongest propaganda.