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Ukrainian writer Stanislav Aseyev was arrested in the occupied Donetsk and held in a concentration camp where he was brutally tortured for two years. The crime for which he was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in jail was extremism.

What was Aseyev’s extremist activity?

Quotation marks.

He put quotation marks in the wrong place. In an article he wrote, Aseyev put quotation marks around the word “DNR” (Donetsk People’s Republic, the unrecognized pseudo-state created during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014). Even though he was in hiding, the authorities located and jailed him.

Unfortunately, this story doesn’t land as strongly today as it would back in 2014. Calling people extremists for punctuation marks pronouns and persecuting them is no longer alien to our reality.

8 responses to “Extremism”

  1. Tal Hartsfeld Avatar
    Tal Hartsfeld

    Not much different from “To Protect And To Serve”—-“protect” and “serve” WHO?

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  2. Tal Hartsfeld Avatar
    Tal Hartsfeld

    Ignore that last comment of mine—-it was intended for the next post
    —-my apologies!

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    Tal Hartsfeld

    However, on THIS post—-it seems any display of autonomy on the part of any individual, group, or culture gets either slammed, thwarted, or decimated in some way, and the participant either taunted, slandered, or even downright persecuted.
    Among the reasons Russia attacked Ukraine is on account of their “having the audacity to” develop into a sovereign nation in their own right.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Exactly. The similarities are stunning, but almost nobody notices them.

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  4. el Avatar
    el

    This story is too good to miss:

    В оккупированном селе Киселёвка Херсонской области этой ночью произошёл бой, в котором участвовало до 50 человек с обеих сторон. Сторонами были российские солдаты из Бурятии и кадыровцы.
    Буряты были недовольны тем, что чеченцы вообще не ходят в бой, а служат заградотрядом – то есть стреляют в тех, кто отступает. При этом львиную долю награбленного чеченцы забирают себе.
    Кстати, командир этих жандармов, Делимханов, на днях получил Героя России – видимо, за меткую стрельбу по своим.

    Post of
    https://nomen-nescio.livejournal.com/2809341.html

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      Short version for non-Russian speakers: diversity isn’t our strength.

      Longer version: Russian military command is causing ethnic strife among Russian soldiers by assigning the Chechen troops the task of shooting in the back the Buryat troops that try to withdraw during battle. Both Chechens and Buryats are Russian not in the ethnic sense but in the Putin sense. They are citizens of the Russian Federation.

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        cliff arroyo

        “Chechen troops”

        Not sure if you have followed the FSB letters but one of them mentions Kadyrov (like Lukashenka not as stupid as his public image might suggest….) seems to be preparing for something (whether breaking away from Russia when it’s down or expanding his fake Islamic state fantasy in the Caucasus…)

        https://www.igorsushko.com/2022/03/all-fsbletters-translated-as-of-march.html

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        1. Clarissa Avatar
          Clarissa

          Kadyrov should be the next president of Russia after Putin croaks. Introduce sharia across the entire territory of the Russian Federation. What’s not to like?

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