OP-ED
Paul Roderick Gregory: Under Russia’s new extremism laws, liking my writings on Ukraine could mean jail
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a press conference after a meeting with his Armenian counterpart (not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on August 10, 2016.
On July 7, 2016, Vladimir Putin signed into law the so-called Yarovaya Amendment to Russia’s anti-extremism laws. The amendment assigns sweeping new powers to security forces, beefs up controls of social media and telephone calls, and broadens the definition of extremism crimes.
