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Re:My Year as a Pro-Russia Troll Magnet by ionised on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:30PM (#10534389)
> Limiting free speech, banning political opposition, arresting dissidents, persecuting people for their sexuality, invading neighbour sovereign states etc, etc.

I'm no fan of Russia, but many of these things you mentioned could be applied to the US and UK too.

Re:My Year as a Pro-Russia Troll Magnet by jonatanheyman on Monday November 09, 2015 @12:46PM (#10534487)
Sure, neither totalitarianism nor democracy are binary things, and there are no razor-sharp definitions. I'm sure you can find examples of those things in many countries that are generally considered "democratic". However, in Putin's Russia this is common practice and happens on a regular basis (with the exceptions of invading other sovereign states I guess, which has only happened a couple of times), which is why I don't think it's controversial to call Russia "totalitarian".
Re:My Year as a Pro-Russia Troll Magnet by 13thLetter on Monday November 09, 2015 @02:29PM (#10535211)
Maybe I missed out on the news about the US and UK, so please fill me in. What free speech has been limited? What political opposition has been banned? Which dissidents have been arrested? Who has been persecuted for their sexuality? Which neighboring countries have been invaded?