On his deeds

Vladimir Putin went around all the Soviet leaders in the number of affairs, initiated under him under the "political" articles, losing only to Stalin

The number of people convicted in Russia under political articles, only within the last presidential term, Vladimir Putin exceeded the indicators of the USSR from Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev. For six years, more than 116 thousand people were subjected to direct repressions in Russia, of which 11,442 people were persecuted in criminal articles, and about 105 thousand were brought to administrative responsibility for statements and participation in rallies. Journalists calculated that in Russia under Putin for "extremism" and criticism of the authorities condemned more people than for "anti -Soviet" under Khrushchev and Brezhnev.

According to the state residence, under Khrushchev, 4883 people were convicted under the articles “Anti -Soviet agitation and propaganda” and “The spread of knowingly false fabrications”. For all the next years until perestroika (from 1962 to 1985), 3234 people were convicted in these articles in the RSFSR.

In 2018–2023, the courts received cases against 5613 people accused of articles that human rights activists consider repressive (“extremism”, “justification of terrorism”, “fakes”, “discrediting the army”).

Only in one past week (!)

Sent to a pre -trial detention center:

former policeman Konstantin Pokoshveliev for anti -war inscriptions on the walls;
Due to the “insulting power”, the graffiti was arrested by the 43-year-old Petersburger Dmitry Blinov;
journalist of the GTRK of the Jewish Autonomous Region Sergey Kornilevsky - for the publication in 2022 of the post on social networks on mobilization;
Norilsk resident (name is not called) was detained in the case of “justification of terrorism” due to comments in Telegram;
18-year-old Petersburger Daria Kozyrev-on suspicion of re-“discrediting the army”;
A resident of Obninsk (Kaluga region) Irina Chernikov - in the case of the support of the FBK* and "Spring"*.

Sentenced to real terms:

by three and a half years of a colony of general regime - a resident of Rybinsk Sergey Strenev on charges of applying graffiti in support of the FBK*, Alexei Navalny and other political prisoners, as well as against his;
Yekaterinburg PR manager Yaroslav Shirshikov - to the two years of the colony of general regime in the case of publication about the death of military commander Vladlen Tatarsky;
by the three and a half years of the colony - the Koran Nikita Zhuralyel, who was beaten by the son of Kadyrov, who was beaten after arrest;
To the two and a half years - human rights activist Oleg Orlov ** for the "discrediting of the army."

In absentia arrested or convicted:

In absentia, the policies of Leonid Goman **, the former vice -rector of the Higher School of Sciences Konstantin Sonin **, the multiplier Pavel Muntyan **, the politician Dmitry Gudkov ** - in the case of the military "fakes" were arrested in absentia;
In Kursk in absentia, a local resident of Yevgeny Babin was sentenced to six years in a general regime colony due to an anti-war video on a YouTube channel with 10 subscribers;
The emigrated activist Boris Romanov was sentenced in absentia to six years in a colony under the article on the spread of “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hatred.

And also

It was prescribed forced treatment to the activist Maxim Lypkan for the spread of military "fakes".
The Petersburger, who drew his heart out of “feeling of hostility towards him” and left inscriptions on two buildings, sentenced to three years conditionally.
In relation to a member of the Federal Bureau of Yabloko Party, Alexander Efimov, a protocol was drawn up under an article on cooperation with an “unwanted organization” for an interview that he gave participants in the movement of observers in the Voice ** elections **.
The “crucified” for Halloween of the Volgodonsk blogger Yuri Kravtsov was fined 80 thousand rubles under a criminal article on insulting the feelings of believers.
In Ufa, the next administrative case was registered under the article on non -fulfillment of the duties of “Inoage” regarding the rapper Face **.
In one of the cities of the Central Federal District, Maxim Dmitriev was fined for 1900 rubles according to the protocol on the demonstration of “extremist symbolism” after he was detained with a single picket on the day of the death of Alexei Navalny. The police found on the phone of a detained photo in a t -shirt with a rainbow flag.
And in Moscow on February 29, the judge of the Perovsky District Court of Moscow Olga Ashurova fined 30 thousand rubles for the “discrediting of the RF Armed Forces” of the editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta. Sergei Sokolov was “administratively taken” to the court, and before that, in the Veshnyak police department, employees of the E -E Center.