Russia’s descent into #totalitarianism: How it happened

It is difficult to pin down the exact moment that Russia began morphing into a totalitarian state, but the transformation didn’t take long.

For over a decade, the #Kremlin was taking away civil liberties and feeding the population a revamped and increasingly more aggressive version of #nationalism. For nearly a decade, most Russians didn't seem to care.

In 2012, the Kremlin ruthlessly ended the wave of #demonstrations known as the #Bolotnaya protests. Named for the square in Moscow where demonstrators gathered, the rallies began in December 2011, when thousands of Russians flooded the streets to protest against election fraud.

https://kyivindependent.com/russias-decade-long-fall-into-totalitarianism-explained/

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