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Of free media, in the absence of free speech, in the absence of free. . .freedom of association, freedom of assembly, free and fair elections, and all other fundamental freedoms that have been taken away from the population. how do you say why this majority of the population is silent? is it because they are indifferent, they don't really care? or is it because they are scared, because they see what's happening to those who do find the courage to protest? i cannotjudge because i know that the results of those opinion polls that are offered to the west, again, by propaganda, and that show the 8...

Offering support to those who do protest and end up in prisons or in psychiatric hospitals. there are organisations like memorial or 0vd—info or mediazona or others, who raise awareness about mass political persecution in russia and about the methods used by the regime against protesters. right. and i believe that those are the things that show that, yes, there are no mass protests, it's true. whether i would like to see them in the streets, of course i would. of course i would. i would love to see millions in the streets. and i hope that those people are just waiting to see an opportunity f...

As traitors, as foreign agents. so basically, the idea behind is that anyone who protests against what the regime is doing, anyone who opposes the policies of the current regime, must be a traitor or must be paid by someone else to do that. otherwise, a person would not express any protest because what is there to protest against? so, in... this is a very common practice. over 170, i believe, organisations and people have been declared foreign agents since february and there have been a number before that. 22 organisations and people have been declared by russian authorities undesirables and t...

Disappointed with what has happened inside russia since this invasion and the failure to see consistent street opposition, public protest, to what the putin government is doing? well, i would say to this that there is consistent streak of opposition in russia. detained for protesting against the war. and the number of political prisoners in russia, according to memorial, is today 513 people that are persecuted for their political views and religious beliefs. and i would say that those numbers are big and they are showing that there is opposition. there's no doubt most of those arrested, indeed...

Kristi Gee, the CEO of the Belgrade Chamber of Commerce, will be leaving the local business group Jan. 13 to work for Prospera Business Network as their small business development