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MBS

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6. Thanks for posting this.

Reply to DetlefK (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2015, 05:16 AM

May 2015

This is truly serious.

I just heard a panel discussion on the situation in Crimea this week, and all the stories (repression of independent news organizations; suppression of all political dissent, including punishment of Facebook dissemination of news deemed to be "dangerous" - even people who click "like" on touchy political subjects can get into trouble; banishment of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar languages from the schools; exile of Crimean Tatar political leaders etc etc etc) were completely in alignment with the implications of the OP. I have no doubt that this new "law" will be applied lavishly to Crimean Tatars.

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Russia can now legally destroy any organization in Russia on a whim. [View all] DetlefK May 2015 OP

Can we have this for the GOP and Tea Party? Matrosov May 2015 #1

Sad to see how little attention this is getting... Blue_Tires May 2015 #2

Yes because in America, organizations that represent a threat to national security FlatBaroque May 2015 #3

And who makes those decisions? DetlefK May 2015 #4

It's very difficult in the US to ban an association, particularly a political one Recursion May 2015 #5

Thanks for posting this. MBS May 2015 #6