In March, Russia's parliament passed legislation imposing a jail term of up to 15 years for intentionally spreading "fake" news about Russia's army. The Kremlin has used the law to crack down on those who veer from Putin's narrative of the war.
Intentionally spreading fake news = saying the attack on Ukraine was wrong.
Basically the same as jailing opposition party members... Ever heard of a guy named Navalny?
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been abruptly transferred from the prison where he is serving an 11-1/2 year sentence to an undisclosed location, nearly two years since he was poisoned with what the West said was a nerve agent.
There is NO moral equivalency here, Kabar...
The attack on Feb 24th, and the subsequent war, was blatant Russian aggression that violated the UN's charter.
If you view the invasion in isolation, that is true. But you can't ignore the events leading up to the second invasion, which set the predicate. NATO expansion, which started the ball rolling after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The EU/US engineered coup in 2014 of the duly elected government of Ukraine that set in motion the Donbas separatist movement and annexation of Crimea. The failure of Ukraine to implement the 2015 Minsk Agreement. NATO training Ukrainian forces over a 10 year period.
If you have the time, it is well-worth watching The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war A lecture by John J. Mearsheimer
Events don't happen in a vacuum. WWII is a prime example.