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Ukraine war: The Russians snitching on colleagues and strangers
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67427422
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Since then, Korobkova has spent most of her free time online, often reporting people for “discrediting the Russian army” - an offence that carries a fine of up to 50,000 roubles ($560; £450) or up to five years’ imprisonment if it is committed more than twice.
Her denunciations silence experts quite effectively," adds Arkhipova, who is now in exile and thinks Korobkova’s actions could have contributed to her being labelled a foreign agent by the Russian state in May.
As a result, Korobkova, who saw her TV interview, started making denunciations against Chervenko, complaining to her employer, the Moscow education department and Russia’s child rights commissioner.
Levchenko’s friends tell me they think his denunciation was to divert the police’s attention away from the assault against him and the fact that alcohol was being consumed on board a ship, which was prohibited.
“People are always looking for an excuse to denounce someone over the ‘special military operation’,” a recently retired police officer told the BBC, adding: "Whenever something real comes up, there’s nobody to investigate.
With President Putin’s repeated calls to “punish betrayers” and the end of the war in Ukraine nowhere in sight, serial snitches like Korobkova show no sign of wanting to stop reporting on their fellow citizens.
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