Russia's Crackdown on Dissent: An Inside Look

Since making it a crime to oppose the war in public, Russia has been waging a relentless campaign of repression, putting Russian citizens in jail for offenses as small as holding a poster or sharing a news article on social media. The story of Olesya Krivtsova, a 19-year-old student who faces up to 10 years in prison after posting on social media, underlines the perils of using social media to criticize the war in Ukraine. The Russian government is determined to silence those who oppose the war.