Comments by "anotheranon" (@anotheranon3118) on "Russia journalist who made TV Ukraine war protest arrested and has home raided" video.

  1. Brave woman.
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  2.  @alexsilent5603  Check any democracy index to understand how pathetic Russia's democracy is relative to other countries.
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  3.  @alexsilent5603  You misspelled 'autocracy' - there, fixed it for you. The good news is that Russians can do something about it. The bad news is that inaction will continue to screw both Russians and non Russians alike.
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  4.  @natakhomyakova6996  Just because you have an autocracy in Russia, it does not mean that there's no democracy in the rest of the world.
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  5.  @natakhomyakova6996  You don't even know where I am from. But what you should know is that Russia is not a democracy. Basic knowledge habibti.
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  6.  @natakhomyakova6996  The Russian gov. cracks down on free media and is happy to ban not only international but also national platforms which don't adhere to the mainstream narrative too (Kommersant, Gazeta, Lenta and Grani and many others). The Russian gov. intimidates United Russia's high profile opponents in various ways - sometimes they are poisoned, sometimes they are defenestrated, sometimes they are imprisoned (Navalny), sometimes they are outright killed (Nemtsov). Journalists too critical of the regime and the grand corruption which exists in Russia (5b USD spent on a 50 km road in Sochi LMAO) are targeted and sometimes assassinated (Politkovskaya among many others). Human Rights activists are imprisoned under the draconian 'foreign agent' premise. The Russian gov. clearly manipulates elections and engages in electoral fraud (i.e. factory workers bussed to election sites under the watchful eye of the employer - electoral violations to do with employment are the most common). The Russian gov. feeds its citizens a politics of fear and uses force to suppress civil society - anyone who openly labels this a war or says they are against it, can easily be sent to prison (much free speech). Nepotism is rampant across public agencies (ie. 1/4 of governors, 20% of presidential administrators and 1/4 of state owned companies managers are affiliated with the security services). I can keep going on for ages, if you'd like to hear more beautiful things about your country (: But it is not just me saying this. Freedom House gives Russia a grand total of 19 points out of a 100, and labels it "not free" (Abkhazia, for instance, gets 40 lol). Russia gets 3.24 out of 10 points in the economist's democracy index - i.e. not a democracy. Check out ANY international ranking you'd like and see for yourself. Russia is riddled with troubled in her politics. Just because you close your eyes and cover your ears, it won't go away. The bad news is that people like yourself keep supporting a terrible regime which has been ruining your country for a few years now. Ukrainians are paying for it, but you are starting to feel the heat now and will increasingly get burnt. The good news is that you can be honest with yourself, get informed, leave that pointless pride on the side and do something about it. At the end of the day, I guess it is up to you, but please, two favors. If you want to destroy yourselves, and be miserable, I guess go ahead, but don't destroy others along the path. And two, don't tell us that Russia is a democracy because that's truly a pathetic take on things as they stand.
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  7.  @natakhomyakova6996  It is not my fault that the Russian state is an autocracy. I can provide evidence for all of my points in my long post, but you just choose to cover your eyes. Up to you, I suppose. That won't change things, nor the fact that the current Russian government is beyond disgusting and a pariah. At least the post is there for everyone to see.
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  8.  @alexsilent5603  When you have manipulated elections, a controlled media environment and a suppressed opposition, you do not have a democracy.
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  9.  @alexsilent5603  There are many political science indexes, reports and studies also by non Americans who look at these matters and who all come to the conclusion that the Russian political system is a big circus ruled by an autocratic clown who aspires to be seen as the Tsar.
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