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Sorry but it just isn't the same. Russia made it illegal -- punishable by 15 years in prison -- to accurately describe their invasion of Ukraine.

• deleted 5y ago
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• Mountain_Skies 5y ago
  I'm not in Russia and DDG isn't limiting their distortion to Russian visitors to their site.
  • kube-system 5y ago
    They weren't suggesting otherwise. They were suggesting that Russia's disinformation campaign has been particularly egregious and intentional.
    • pasquinelli 5y ago
      isn't that whataboutism?
• mardifoufs 5y ago
  I think you can go to jail for supporting the russian invasion in some european countries right now too.
  • bhandziuk 5y ago
    Is there a source for this?
    • dane-pgp 5y ago
      I'll just do a quick search on DDG for that...
    • AnthonyMouse 5y ago
      https://twitter.com/tjmcintyre/status/1501594050478153739 https://twitter.com/tjmcintyre/status/1501594050478153739
    • mardifoufs 5y ago
      This is what the ukrainian embassy in slovakia claimed. I guess official ukrainian sources have been incredibly unreliable but I haven't seen any fact check on their claims >Czech law enforcement warns that public approval of Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be classified as a "crime of denial, questioning, approval and justification of GENOCIDE." There are already the first two cases of detainees incriminated in this paragraph of the Criminal Code. https://twitter.com/UKRinCZE/status/1497829641171525634 https://twitter.com/UKRinCZE/status/1497829641171525634
      • confidantlake 5y ago
        Shouldn't it be the embassy in the Czech Republic or is it really the Ukraine embassy in Slovakia commenting on Czech law? Not trying to be difficult just generally wondering. Tried looking at the link but twitter wants me to sign up to view it.
        • mardifoufs 5y ago
          Sorry, my mistake! I think it's in the Czech Republic (though I think slovakia did something similar too), I'm only relying on Google translate so I might be very wrong
          • confidantlake 5y ago
            Cool ty!
  • pvaldes 5y ago
    If supporting means driving a tank in Berlin and bombing an hospital, yes, most probably you will go to jail. For a long, long, time. If it means saying that Russia is right, definitely not.
    • mardifoufs 5y ago
      Not really, it really is just supporting russia even without any violence. For example in lithuania: >The decision bans to organize or gather at assemblies “aimed at supporting, in any form or scope, the actions of the Russian Federation and/or the Republic of Belarus, which caused the introduction of the state of emergency” while this state of emergency remains in place. https://www.baltictimes.com/lithuania_extends_state_of_emergency_until_april_21/ https://www.baltictimes.com/lithuania_extends_state_of_emerg... >The new legislation, which passed parliament with 71 votes in favour out of 117 cast, banned public events in support of "Russia or Belarus actions which led to this state of emergency". https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lithuania-tightens-state-emergency-limits-free-speech-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/lithuania-tightens-stat...
      • pvaldes 5y ago
        Well, for Lithuania is personal. I can't blame them for not wanting to support their own destruction falling in a 'Donbas trap'
        • mardifoufs 5y ago
          No disagreement, war is war and they are in a vulnerable position
• misslibby 5y ago
  Officially they made it illegal to inaccurately describe their invasion.
  • eli 5y ago
    For example by calling it an "invasion" as you just did.
    • misslibby 5y ago
      Oops - lucky I am not in Russia...