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It is a crime to make caricatures of Vladimir Putin. Someone is downvoting this comment to death, so I'm sharing the story for the brave and curious. https://
by gostsamo 5y ago
It is a crime to make caricatures of Vladimir Putin.
Someone is downvoting this comment to death, so I'm sharing the story for the brave and curious.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05/its-now-illegal-in-russia-to-share-an-image-of-putin-as-a-gay-clown/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/05...
- ceejayoz 5y agoIt's also apparently not advisable to beat him in ice hockey. https://deadspin.com/vladimir-putin-scores-eight-goals-in-russian-hockey-g-1846867949 https://deadspin.com/vladimir-putin-scores-eight-goals-in-ru...
- vbezhenar 5y agoPikabu is one of the most popular Russian websites (something like Reddit). Here's search results of Putin caricatures: https://pikabu.ru/tag/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%20%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD,%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0 https://pikabu.ru/tag/%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D... It might be a crime, but it's not enforced enough, obviously.
- vimy 5y agoThe real reason for that law is probably to use it as a tool against dissidents.