Political prisoners, punitive psychiatry, censorship and a Stalinist-era culture of denunciations, this is what Russia brought with its invasion and annexation of Crimea. Fear of being reported to the occupation authorities by neighbours or colleagues had long been a reality. Now one Yalta lawyer has been ‘denounced’ by local council members, including somebody he had considered a friend for 20 years.
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Halya Coynash: Russia brings Stalin era denunciations to occupied Crimea
A man walks past a graffito depicting Russia's President Vladimir Putin in the centre of the Crimean city of Simferopol on August 13, 2015. (AFP)
