How repression is changing in Russia and why there is so much cruelty in the system - an interview with Olga Sadovskaya Briefly If you read the news, there will be many of them that begin with the same phrases: “In Russia they banned...” or “The court sentenced so-and-so to a huge term for...” and then, as a rule, there is some fact that is difficult to comprehend. We are already used to this.