"Expose and send to Siberia": In the Russian Federation, they talked about "cleaning" of Ukrainians - isw

Not only Russian politicians but also local collaborators who have been appointed to manage occupation administrations are openly about persecution and war crimes. The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev spoke about Russia's plans for the repression of Ukrainian citizens in temporarily occupied territories. About it reports the Institute of War Study in the summary of February 23.

According to analysts, Medvedev argued that Ukrainians and tot, who "harm" Russia, should be "exposed and punished, exiled to Siberia . . . for re -education in forced labor camps. " The ISW adds that demonstrative lawsuits and repression of the Stalin era, since the 1920s and 1930s, have also been directed to sabotage, especially in the agricultural sphere. Experts noted that the use of Medvedev rhetoric of the Stalin era about "cleaning" is indicative.

In addition, the occupation governor of Zaporizhzhya region Yevhen Balytsky also openly discussed and tried to protect the illegal Russian occupation policy. In particular, he justified the compulsory deportation of Ukrainian citizens who oppose Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and probably even hinted at the death without court and investigation of Ukrainian citizens by the Russian occupation forces.

Also, according to the report, the Russian Federation continues to spread its state policy on systemic religious persecution to occupied Ukraine. On February 22, the head of the occupation administration of Donetsk region was published on February 22, at which it is allegedly visible how the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) and Rosgvardia are searched by the Jehovah Witness Community Office in the temporarily occupied Mariupol of Donetsk region.

According to Pushilin, the Russian authorities removed more than 5,000 books from the office. The ISW reminded that in 2017, Russia banned Jehovah's Witnesses and recognized them as an "extremist" organization, and the Russian authorities persecuted Jehovah's Witnesses and other religious minorities in Russia and Ukraine.