Well, now, media reports today include descriptions of courtroom activities in Moskva, Russya's site of the Kremlin from which VOVA conducts his dictatorship. The Russyan "courts" are well known for displaying comic interpretations of law. Law? In Russya? Nyet. Nyet. Nyet. Yes, we have laws written in our language for our people and those "people" who visit Russya with criminal intent. Ha, ha.
The reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Evan Gershkovich, made another appearance in a Russyan "court" room to be told, along with his Russyan appointed 'defense' counsel, that his "pretrial" detention has been extended. This is not the first extension of his incarceration in Moskva nor will it be the last. The young man has been "accused" of espionage while working as a state-approved journalist in Russya. Mad Vlad Putin and his sycophants need some leverage in dealing with the USA and Pres. Joe Biden. What better than to hold a hostage: it works. Another Americanski, Paul Whelan, a businessman, has been sitting in prison now for a few years of his 16 year sentence awarded by the Kangaroos in the system. Now the world knows about the Gulag era, which continues(see Alexei Navalny in state prison in the Arctic near the White Sea). This system, instituted in the 19th century was designed to punish those folks who disagreed with the Czar(king) of the country, the largest in the world.
It was publicized as a more humane detention than regular prison for bad actors, criminals, pimps, and unruly soccer players. This falsehood was exposed by the American journalist, George Kennan, during and after his trip through the Steppe and through Siberia in 1885. He lectured far and wide in the US after the trip and gave the population its first look at Russya from the inside. It was not a pretty picture.
So, the modern(Ha) gulag has more comfortable quarters for staff and electricity(mostly). Recently, the world got a glimpse of the inmates currently residing in some of the prisons: they were recruited to pump up the army units sent to Ukraine for Vlad's Special Operation. Yevgeny Prighozin promised the "volunteers" they would have their sentences commuted after serving in Ukraine. Of course, many "volunteered" for military service.(That program died when the Wagner Group was eliminated after its coup attempt last year).
The legal system as it exists in Russya today is hardly worth the name. Its operations serve to enforce the dictats from the Kremlin. Hence, the staff members are kangaroos and acting as such: hopping around, making a mess, fostering laughter in every room, and inducing hysterical reactions wherever they hop.
And what of the future of Evan Gershkovich? Hmmmm. If history is to be followed, an exchange will take place: something for Evan. What could that "something" be? Hmmmm. TBD.
Happy New Year, Evan. See ya soon, we hope.
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