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Please pardon my ignorant and the lack of history knowledge, but Lenin is a bad guy? As bad as Stalin?
“Russia’s Justice Ministry filed a lawsuit against it in December, arguing that the group was only registered to defend human rights in Moscow – not other parts of the country – an argument that the group called nonsensical.”
Lmao that’s ridiculous >

It checks out. Moscovians are the only ones in Russia that Putin and the elite actually consider Russian. Or human, for that matter. >

Don't be so prejudiced! Russians also mostly consider people living in St. Petersburg to be human. >

not like they've been respecting human rights anyway >

Everyone has a human right to either be a subservient slave of Putin, or get murdered/imprisoned/mobilized. It is Russia's duty to spread this enlightened view to all corners of the world. >

I don't have rights to say this but it is true that I have no rights. By the way Putin, what gives you the right to work as a vehicle for evil?  Surely you are not an angel >

For all practical purpose democracy never took hold in Russia. >

Admittedly, Yeltsin did a piss poor job at properly introducing democracy to Russia. We can't the abandanoning stuff they never got a good grasp off >

I mean yeah, but they ran right back to strongmen, just swapping out monarchy for fascism. >

Russian Court “We have decided to shut down this organization because honestly… we don’t even know what these “human rights” things are.” >

Moscow Helsinki Group, it was active since 1976. By 1981 only 3 of the 11 founding members were out of jail. There were other branches, and Human Rights Watch is a successor to an American one. >

Russia is a joke >

Russia is a bad joke, and within that bad joke, Russian human rights are a worse joke. >

The organization wasn't a joke which is why it is shut down.
Form here on any human rights violations that happen in Russia are going to be less and less reported on. This is good for the regime. >

Only human right in Russia is right to be sent to die in your neighbor’s backyard 🤷🏻‍♂️ >

That's not true-- you can also die in a Siberian gulag or on the staircase of your choice. You can be poisoned in Germany. You can be irradiated on an English park bench. Russians have so many creative and interesting ways to exercise their right to die! >

"Human rights? We don't do that here". >

I'm more surprised that they have a human rights organization.