Journalists of the Russian news outlet Proekt (Project) have estimated that more people have been convicted in Russia during Putin‘s rule than during the rule of Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev in the USSR. Source: Proekt; Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza Details: The news outlet reported that over 116,000 people have become targets of repression […]
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Protest in Georgian capital amid anger over ‘desecration’ of Stalin icon
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) – A large protest was held in Tbilisi on Saturday to demand harsh punishment for a woman accused of defacing a religious icon depicting Soviet dictator Josef Stalin which was recently-installed in the Georgian capital. The suspect is alleged to have splashed paint on the icon, which was on display […]
China’s Xi goes full Stalin with purge – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Something is rotten in the imperial court of Chairman Xi Jinping. While the world is distracted by war in the Middle East and Ukraine, a Stalin-like purge is sweeping through China’s ultra-secretive political system, with profound implications for the global economy and even the […]