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In Vladimir Putin’s Russia, sharing details of publications openly sold in bookstores can result in a 16-year prison sentence.

This has been the fate of Grigory Skvortsov, a 35-year-old photographer and musician from Perm.

Skvortsov was one of thousands across Russia who purchased the 2021 publication Secret Soviet Bunkers by historian Dmitry Yurkov. The book reproduced scores of once secret diagrams of Soviet installations that had recently been declassified.

Some supplementary scans were made available with the book, which Skvortsov purchased. He later shared some of those documents with an unnamed American journalist.

Since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Russia has drastically expanded the scope of what can be deemed a "state secret."

In letters to friends, Skvortsov says the Russian authorities opened the case against him in order to hide their own failures in not noticing potentially sensitive information was being freely sold and passed around online.

“I did not have access to state secrets and had no malicious intent," the photographer wrote from detention. “The data was not protected by the state.... These facts are being ignored by the prosecution and the courts, who are treating the case formally, clearly out of fear of repression from the FSB."

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[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is the US in a few years.

[–] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

We're speed running this shit, bud.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

lol...years....

[–] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 164 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The band’s music is described as niche, but it was released by a British record label, and attracted attention from Sonic Seducer Magazine, a German music publication. It was during an interview with that magazine that Skvortsov voiced his opposition to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

That's the real reason right there.

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Authoritarian dictatorships are predictable

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago

A state involving itself in wars of aggression found an excuse to crack down on public opposition of the war? Say it isn't so!

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Like here in America. Not long until we stop questioning when people dissappear. We not even protesting anymore.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We are protesting frequently, lemmy just stopped getting posts about it. However, these protests aren’t like LA, which I assume is what you mean?

But yes, UZA is soon to be like Ruzzia

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We are protesting frequently,

Not enough to force any changes, though.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 day ago

Yes I agree.

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I went to the no kings and felt that was appropriate. Not into the angry ones, but feel it may be necessary at some point.

[–] womjunru@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

I would like to not have to wait until the some point before we decide to be slightly more aggressive. I fear by that point it will too late, if it is not already

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That's not how laws work, but who cares.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 25 points 1 day ago

It's almost like they're making up law violations to arrest and murder people who oppose the government or its bullshit war.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Theres no real law in ruzzia

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago

"No laws on Ceres, just cops" - The Expanse

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

publications openly sold in bookstores can result in a 16-year prison sentence.

For those who are interested. Secret Data is not something secret, it is something mentioned in the Secret Data List which itself is also in the Secret Data List.

Source: had 3rd level access to the secret data

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Secret Data is not something secret, it is something mentioned in the Secret Data List which itself is also in the Secret Data List.

"They don't have to show us Catch-22," the old woman answered. "The law says they don't have to."

"What law says they don't have to?"

"Catch-22."

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago

Incredible novel... I might need to read it again for the first time since high school as I've been feeling a lot like Yossarian lately.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

Also the whole court case will be classified as a State Secret