anneapplebaum, 
"The russian government has jailed virtually every individual who has dared to speak out against its repressive political system in recent years. It has effectively become a carceral state, in which hundreds of Russians and an untold number of Ukrainians, including thousands of children, have been taken hostage by the Kremlin, their whereabouts, in many cases, unknown."
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/01/russian-opposition-political-prisoners-vladimir-kara-murza/677083/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/01/russian-opposition-political-prisoners-vladimir-kara-murza/677083/
