Fears drive state policy in Russia - Eastern Express - TVP WORLD

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Russia has intensified its crackdown on human rights defenders, lawyers, journalists, and anti-war voices, marking one of the sharpest declines in civic freedoms since the Soviet collapse. This episode examines the rapid expansion of “undesirable” and “foreign agent” designations and the criminalization of peaceful activism. We analyze how counter-terrorism laws are being used to silence dissent and what this reveals about the Kremlin’s growing fear of accountability. Russia’s repression is expanding – but it is also exposing the regime’s underlying fragility.