If memorializing the past erodes russian statehood, maybe fundamental russian statehood stands on mere pillars of salt and pillars of sand.
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alexwasashrimpApr 10, 2026
+16
It stands on pillars of bones in a sea of blood. Memorial documented the Soviet crimes, which is obviously unacceptable for a regime that is just an evolution of the Soviet regime.
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Public-FingerApr 10, 2026
+7
I mean they even kept the national anthem, just changed the lyrics. So much for the USSR being a Brotherhood of Nations lol
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alexwasashrimpApr 10, 2026
+6
It's even funnier than that.
The RSFSR/RF had a different anthem in 1990-2000. A wordless one, which is quite rare. Putin returned the old Soviet anthem that was chosen by Stalin himself in 2000 (with different lyrics). So the signs were there back then, we should've seen where he was heading.
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Zealousideal_Yak_671Apr 10, 2026
+1
Never an honest word
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alexwasashrimpApr 10, 2026
+13
>Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared the Nobel Prize-winning human rights organization Memorial an “extremist” group, a designation that effectively criminalizes its remaining operations and exposes its supporters to criminal prosecution.
>The ruling targets what the court termed the “Memorial international public movement,” an umbrella designation that the group itself notes has no formal legal entity, but which allows authorities to shutter any remaining projects or “structural divisions” linked to its name.
>In a statement, the Supreme Court justified the ban by claiming Memorial’s activities are “markedly anti-Russian” and intended to “erode historical, cultural, spiritual and moral values” while undermining the “fundamental pillars of Russian statehood.”
>Memorial was founded in 1987 to document Soviet-era political repression, a mission that has increasingly clashed with the state’s efforts to elevate the image of the U.S.S.R. under President Vladimir Putin.
>The extremist label carries severe legal consequences. Authorities can now pursue criminal charges against any Russian citizen who cooperates with Memorial’s network in exile, shares content it produces or provides financial support.
Just another reminder what the *fundamental pillars of statehood* are in Putin's "Russia".
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OkGazelle6826Apr 10, 2026
-2
Why don't you write what reasons the Supreme Court has stated for that?
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xX609s-hartXxApr 10, 2026
+7
When you're losing abroad try to score some easy wins at home...
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Substantial_Milk8170Apr 10, 2026
+6
Labeling a literal Nobel Prize-winning group as 'extremist' is genuinely wild work. You know a regime is completely cooked when peace advocates are treated like a national security threat.
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StrangerFew2424Apr 10, 2026
+5
Weird how Trump does the same with people he doesn't like... 🤔
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01waxApr 10, 2026
+3
They must have gotten it from recent smash novel, How To Be an Asshat
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StrangerFew2424Apr 10, 2026
+2
Nah... probably Hitler's Mein Kampf.
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Public-FingerApr 10, 2026
+8
hilarious that russia can't even pretend anymore that USSR wasn't just russian empire under new management... and they still are that same empire, but diminished. And it will only get worse for them.
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alexwasashrimpApr 10, 2026
+5
It's a bit more complicated. The USSR was its own empire, not a continuation of the Russian Empire in any possible way, just like, for example, the Mexican Empire had nothing to do with the Aztec one. And the RF is a diminished Soviet empire indeed, that's why it's so sensitive to uncovering Soviet history, but doesn't care much about the RE history, except the selected parts that were approved back in Stalin's times as a prequel to the glorious Soviet history.
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wwarnoutApr 10, 2026
+3
Russia's "Supreme Court" - They most likely do the bidding of their "president"
Unfortunately, that sounds all to familiar in America...
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BelzaemApr 10, 2026
+1
Would Mikhail Gorbachev’s family have to disassociate with Mikhail’s Nobel Peace Award he won in 1990 to avoid being labeled as an associates of extremists?
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