Thread by Aleksandar Djokic (Александар Джокич)
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- Dec 9, 2022
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One of the leaders of Russian opposition, Ilya Yashin, has been sentenced to 8 and a half years in prison today after being convicted on charges stemming from his criticism of the Kremlin's action in Ukraine (writing about war crimes in Bucha).
Yesterday, Russian senator, Andrey Klishas, summarized what laws mean in Putin's Russia: "Do you think that a decree holds more power than president's words? After all, from a political point of view, there is no greater power in our country than the word of our president."
This system sentences Navalny and Yashin to years in prison for literally nothing, they didn't do anything except criticize Putin's regime. There are no laws in Putin's Russia. As you've heard, his word is supreme law and the judges simply transform his word into rulings.
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