The Kremlin has justified the suppression of freedom of speech and the censorship of the media in Russia. After the end of the war, Russian leaders wanted to restore freedom of the press in their own country. Until now, the existence of censorship has always been denied.
“In the state of war we are in, the restrictions are justified, just as censorship is justified, let’s be honest,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS news agency at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.
Peskov’s remark is unusual because the Kremlin often denies that censorship exists. The opposition, civil rights activists and independent media have been harassed in Russia for years.
Putin cracks down on opponents
The persecution of dissidents has intensified again with the start of the war of aggression against Ukraine, on the orders of President Vladimir Putin. In particular, information about failures and crimes of the Russian army is strictly controlled.
After the war broke out, the parliament, the Russian State Duma, passed a law to punish the alleged “discrediting of the Russian armed forces.” Opposition members were even convicted for calling the invasion a war. The Kremlin itself calls its attack on the neighboring country a “special military operation.” The actions of Ukraine and the West against Russia are called a war.
Source: Krone
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