Amendments have been made to one of Russia’s notorious ‘extremism’ charges used in many political prosecutions in Russian-occupied Crimea. It remains to be seen whether it has a major impact, but in principle it should stop people facing criminal charges and being placed on Russia’s ‘List of Terrorists and Extremists’ for a single reposted text or picture on social media.
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Halya Coynash: Russia ‘decriminalizes’ pro-Ukraine social media reposts in Crimea. But only the first
The stand of Russian social media platform VK (formerly VKontakte) at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 24, 2018 in Saint Petersburg.
