The number of treason convictions has increased significantly in the aggressor country — the corresponding figures have reached their highest level, taking into account the statistics of the last 9 years.
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As NBN reports, citing information published on the official X-account of the UK Ministry of Defence, in addition to treason, Russian courts hand down a significant number of sentences under criminal articles related to extremism, terrorist activity and disinformation (“fakes”).
According to data from the Russian Ministry of Justice, during the first six months of this year, more people were convicted of the above-described “violations” than in the entire year of 2023.
British military intelligence analysts believe that these statistics indicate that the Russian elite is increasingly relies on methods of coercion and demonstrative deterrence, seeking to maintain control over categories of citizens disloyal to the Kremlin regime.
The UK Ministry of Defense emphasized that before the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the Kremlin “usually preferred more subtle methods of combating dissent.”
Earlier, we wrote about what the Serbian president said about what Putin insisted on during their conversation about Ukraine.