A Moscow court has sentenced a Russian university student to 10 days in jail for naming his WIFI router with a pro-Ukrainian slogan, Russian media reported, The Moscow State University student, identified by RIA as Oleg Tarasov, had changed the name of his WIFI network to “Slava Ukraine,” which translates to “Glory to Ukraine” in English – a nationalistic salute which has become a rallying cry during Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to independent Russian Telegram news channel Ostorozhno...
A climate of repression has only been made more apparent in recent weeks, following the death of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny at a Russian penal colony north of the Arctic Circle in mid-February. Expressing support for the Russian opposition figure, whose movement authorities outlawed as extremist, can be perilous.