A Russian man who has broadcast news contradicting the official Kremlin narrative about Russia’s full invasion of Ukraine has been sentenced to three years in a penal colony for spreading “false news” about the Russian Army.
In 1986, a Russian satirical novelist tried to imagine the future of his homeland. He envisioned a head of state who had risen through the ranks of the KGB, used a war to cement his power, elevated his former security colleagues into positions of influence, claimed to derive authority from the Russian Orthodox Church and ruled Russia for decades. In other words, Vladimir Putin.