Russians snitch on “enemies and traitors” – fellow citizens who oppose Ukraine War | BBC News
Since President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, there’s been a crackdown in Russia on anyone expressing anti-war views. Even everyday conversations can have dire consequences.
Russians are reporting and denouncing fellow citizens to the police – with some facing long prison terms. It’s revived grim memories of the Soviet past, when denouncing colleagues and neighbours was widespread.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg.
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Still no mention of the rooming gangs. What got sentenced to over 100 years earlier on today i wonder why bbc
Now do Ukraine.
Makes you wonder why Britain is vetoing investigations into war crimes there hmm
Real tough guys beating up an old man… and the police didn't arrest them?? Putin's cronies get free passes.
Just after they expelled ur cheap spies 😂😂😂😂
Snitched on. 😂😂
Exactly what Hitler did to his political opponents after 1932.
Where’s Tucker Carlson? 😂
Putin’s Goebbels in America
Records found after ww2 showed a similar situation in Nazi Germany. There weren't that many Gestapo secret policemen, but they were deluged with tip-offs so everyone thought they had spies everywhere.
(From the book: Nazis, a warning from history, later made into a documentary by the BBC).
Any country that is ruled by a dictator, you must be submissive otherwise. Vladimir Pooptin is an absolute dictator and he will never go away despite the fact that he has a palace and tremendous amount of wealth to enjoy life. The pooptin has been in power for 25 years now and he plans to remain in power.
You guys are a national disgrace…
You put one single tweet out about the Rotherham grooming gangs and turn comments off then don’t send even one reporter to the sentencing!
You lot are vile
Just look with what intense hatred the russians treat the few people in russia who oppose the terrorist attacks on Ukraine!
Do they snoop on Facebook posts too? Honestly the sanctimonious hypocrisy on the Beeb these days is sickly.
Putin is right 100%. Its time to stop north atlantic terror organisation.
Same if you don't like Zelensky in Ukraine. You either go to the army (if you're a guy) or to prison (as a russian spy).
Gonzalo Lira situation and zelensky regime? How many in israhell speak against war?
They must face full force of law
Same thing happens to people protesting against genocide in Britain and EU and US. 😂
And you the BBC are innocent? No.
This is hilarious, coming as it does from the propaganda mouthpiece of the British state that is locking people up for saying state disapproved of things on facebook.
If you're looking for Soviet style political oppression, you don't need to go to Russia BBC, you own state is doing that in England.
this bbc lying derty figure is absolute evul …
CIA did 'regime change' in Ukraine in 2014 and installed Narzi street gangs as a puppet government – then Ukraine was pillaged (even crack-head Hunter Biden got $millions) and tens of thousands of Russians in eastern Ukraine were slaughtered
Smells like the end of an empire. You can't keep cohesion when your people are turning on themselves.Those on the top would be next.
No reports on the sentencing of some of the grooming gangs. Why aren’t these victims important. Stop covering for this culture
Is it any wonder a million young, highly educated Russians have fled the country, once abroad in much better societies, they won't come back!
One should think of this the next time some far-right crank, like Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, lies through his teeth to claim that a democracy like Canada is being run by Communists.
Meanwhile Britain is jailing 10 times the amount of people that Russia is. For thought crimes.
Not exactly in a position to take the moral high ground.
Russia being Russia as usual.
still no reports on the muslim grooming gang In Rotherham? nah! wouldn't expect anything less from the bbc, go fuk yourselves
Manhandling an 87 year old with your son to help you? There is a very hot place waiting for both of you for a long time when you face your Maker.
This is a natural consequence of communism.
Чекісти та агенти фсб з влади росії постійно займаються терором в співпраці з цивілізованими елітами