Putin Has Signed a Law that Attacks the Rights of Critics of Power Who Are Persecuted in Absentia in Russia.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on temporary restrictive measures against persons outside the Russian Federation who evade punishment, which comes into force after official publication, that is, immediately.

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A bill was presented to the State Duma (lower house of Parliament) in Russia, which would impose extensive restrictions on government critics targeted by questionable laws in Russia and residing abroad, depriving them of consular services and freezing their banking and real estate rights."This bill is a paralysing move to punish those who have left Russia but continue to criticize its officials.

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Russia is introducing new restrictions for citizens in exile, writes the Moscow Times. The Ministry of Justice can now arbitrarily freeze civil rights. “In practice, you become stateless,” says Stefan Ingvarsson, an analyst at the Center for East European Studies at the Stockholm Institute of International Affairs.