'Filtration' of Ukrainian civilians a 'shocking violation' of people forced to flee war
Putting these forcibly displaced civilians through the abuses of ‘filtration’ is both cynical and cruel.
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Putting these forcibly displaced civilians through the abuses of ‘filtration’ is both cynical and cruel.
They knew putin's birthday to let them through. so it's an amazing report and we thank you for bringing us that. i do wonder what is the symbolism of these filtration camps mean for russia because it's not the first time that they've used them. >> reporter: no, it's not, and i think everybody that is sent to a filtration camp or a filtration center in ukraine or in russia knows very well that the russians have used this kind of system before. they used it in chechnya in the brutal war that took place there in the late 1990s and early 2000s where tens of thousands of people, perhaps as much of ...
Managed to cross the border - in estonia with the help i of independent volunteers in russia, especially- in st petersburg, they helped people to cross the border- in estonia and all these people are our trusted sources now. because they are interviewed, they tell the story, how they. crossed the russian? ukrainian border, how they spend i weeks in filtration camp, how they were interrogated, how they were searched. - and it's those early testimonies that are really crucial to gather — the fsb, the russian federal security service, but it's also the supreme council of ukraine, the commission...
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Soviet era playbook. we have examples of filtration camps. wu one of the correctors of the state company he unfortunately had to leave the area in mariupol controlled by russian forces and he was put in a filtration camp. he was interrogated for 32 hours. he was made to sit on a chair for 32 hours. he was questioned about what he knew. any information about how the ukrainian state operates and one final example i have of a middle aged couple from mariupol. they were traveling with a little girl 2 years old. so, they got through the filtration. and somehow, the russians have these lists which t...