cerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 4 days agoRussia: "Left Front" leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to six years in prisonwww.idcommunism.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkRussia: "Left Front" leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to six years in prisonwww.idcommunism.comcerealkiller [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net to World News@lemmygrad.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square12linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.net
minus-squareRevolutionsPerMinute@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 days agoIt looks to me like the western press is reporting this as bad news because it fits their “Putin = dictator” narrative. Every article I’m seeing goes something like “anti-Putin activist jailed, says charges against him are fabricated,” etc.
It looks to me like the western press is reporting this as bad news because it fits their “Putin = dictator” narrative. Every article I’m seeing goes something like “anti-Putin activist jailed, says charges against him are fabricated,” etc.