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THREAD. The Federation Council will hold an unscheduled meeting on March 4. A lot of people are now writing that the purpose of this meeting is to adopt anti-crisis laws. But there is another possibility – the approval of martial law.1/5https://t.me/rpolitik/353
Frankly speaking, without wanting to stir things up, I think this scenario is the more logical one. The proclamation of martial law will allow the authorities to introduce military censorship, to increase the secrecy of the state's activities and the actions of local bodies, 2/5
to ban all rallies and meetings, to ban the work of public, international and foreign organizations that undermine the security of the country, and so on…3/5
The list is long - the primary reason is the necessity of gaining total control over the information space, to prevent the spread of the “party of peace” throughout the system (to shut their mouths), to disrupt the internet as much as possible without any drama...4/5
... (because it is more expensive and time-consuming to do it piecemeal), to catch everyone who is writing or saying undesirable things, and to put restrictions on movement.5/5
martial law also includes a ban on anti-war rallies and a total shutdown of the internet.
How will average Russians interpret this? i would expect (as a lay person) that martial law would be seen as an admission by the government that things are going badly & would generate significant anti-government skepticism.
And how is this different from the current situation?
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