Russian Activists and Journalists Targeted After Putin’s Call for Purge of ‘Traitors’

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“Don’t betray your country, bitch,” read one message painted in white on the front door of a Russian journalist’s apartment

delivered a speech calling for a “self-cleansing of society” from “scum and traitors.”

the symbol “Z” that Russia has tried to use to drum up support domestically for its all-out war against Ukraine“This is the message left for me by anonymous ‘defenders of the homeland,’” Ivanov wrote on Telegram alongside a photo of his defaced door.The anonymous messages come less than 24 hours after Putin’s Wednesday speech which publicly cheered on the “self-cleansing of society” that has happened inside Russia as a result of the Kremlin’s devastating war against Ukraine.

“I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and readiness to respond to any challenges.” Asked whether Putin’s notion of a “cleansing” had anything to do with the acts of vandalism against those who’ve spoken out against the war, he said that was likely just a result of people who support the president “emotionally” expressing themselves.

 

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morgfair Replace that Z with a NAZI sign and you see where this is heading.

Whoa , somebody in the GOP disagreeing with Trump? Sounds eerily similar. No Bueno...🇺🇦

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