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Russia: Author of Wildfires Internet Meme is Prosecuted by Police

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Politics, RuNet Echo

A blogget top-lap, an author of a famous blog post [1][ENG] demanding “rynda” from Vladimir Putin and criticizing the state's response to Russian wildfires closed his blog [2] [ENG] and disappeared. In the last posts, he wrote [3] [RUS] that Russian police conducted a search at his home, took his computer and also questioned his mother. According to Russian media [4] [RUS], the prosecution was motivated by a post where the blogger called to hang prime minister Putin and his family.