This week, Sergey Smirnov, editor-in-chief of Russian outlet Mediazona, was sentenced to 25 days of administrative arrest. His crime: retweeting a joke that also contained information about an upcoming anti-government protest.
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Open Democracy: Russian journalist Sergey Smirnov, jailed for a joke
A woman holds a smart phone with the icons for the social networking apps Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and others seen on the screen in Moscow on March 23, 2018.
