From now on, not only acts of sabotage can be punished, but also the financing, recruitment and preparation of coups d’état and other “subversive acts”.
The entanglement comes against the background of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Since the start of the war at the end of February, several attacks on recruiting offices and other military infrastructure have taken place in Russia. Especially when Putin announced the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of reservists on September 21, the unrest increased. In November alone, more than 75 public buildings were attacked, including 50 military ones.
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Civil rights activists denounce the vague wording. According to them, this can lead to different interpretations and gives the authorities plenty of room to prosecute opposition members and dissidents. In recent months, for example, many war critics have been sentenced to prison for “discrediting the Russian army”.