Alaiza Pashkevich
Contributor
Kremlin narratives have co-opted history and propagated a distorted memory of the Soviet past.
The combined sentences of those jailed in demonstrations amount to nearly 500 years.
Security services use TV confessions to spread fear and promote public self-censorship.
Regime uses accusations of extremism to silence dissenting voices – and intimidate news consumers.
Educational reforms signal a fresh battlefront in regime crackdown.