Vladimir Putin has set up a hotline for Russians to report “traitors” who criticise the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin has reportedly set up a telephone hotline and website that allow “good citizens” to report “traitors” over any potential anti-war sentiments.
Russian authorities have allegedly sent Russian citizens texts with instructions how to report one another, with outspoken voices being tossed in jail, the Daily Mirror reports.
Any Russian wishing to rat out their fellow citizen can also use a dedicated channel on social media. This led to a young 22-year-old shop assistant spending 24 hours in a cell this week after she told a stranger in Moscow that she disagreed with the war.
The woman told the Sunday Telegraph: “It was just a chit chat… he got very upset that we didn't share his opinion and started arguing, saying that Putin and the war were absolutely right.” The man was thrown out of the bar but within an hour police arrived and asked for the woman and her friends to go outside.
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