Putin Throws Political Rival into an Asylum
Mr. Khrushchev, is that you?
A Russian opposition activist has been sent to a psychiatric hospital by authorities a day before a planned demonstration.
Artem Basyrov’s detention is the latest in a series of incidents suggesting a punitive Soviet-era practice is being revived under president Vladimir Putin.
Mr Basyrov, 20, was ordered to be held at a hospital in the central region of Mari El on November 23, a day before planned demonstrations, said Alexander Averin of the opposition National Bolshevik Party.
Slowly, and very quietly, Russia has been stepping its way back to the totalitarian nightmare many of us remember from our childhoods. Keep an eye on things in Moscow. It might not be very long before we see the Russian Bear roaring at us again.
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