People are imprisoned for political or personal reasons of the ‘ruling class’ all the time. I've known several.
I left the USSR to get away from things like this but I feel like I am back again. It hurts to think I could be living in an even worse place at an old age. At least the Soviets took care of and respected old people that gave their all for the country. I fear that I will have to fight the vapid self-absorbed obamabots for my life here.