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Control Over Society: The Kremlin methods
Irina Borogan
Ezhednevnyi Zhurnal and Agentura.Ru has been investigating the government’s campaign against extremism, which was unveiled today, in our opinion, in order to gain control of civil society and strengthen the government’s police services.
In recent years, the Siloviki have often put pressure on political activists and public figures, citing the struggle with extremists; however, it has to date always targeted people who interfere with the government.
But now the government has widened such resources and powers include anti-extremism measures that will inevitably affect people far removed from politics as well.
Blacklists of alleged extremists, which currently include 10,000 Russians, will grow to include hundreds of thousands, and the freedom to make critical statements online will become a thing of the past.