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Russian journalist fined for 'discrediting the army' by using the word 'front'
Meduza ^ | Nov. 15, 2022

Posted on 11/15/2022 5:39:16 AM PST by Salohcin

A Russian court has charged Timofey Yefremov, deputy editor-in-chief of the news site Yakutia.info, with “discrediting the Russian army” for a comment he made in an interview with the television channel Dozhd about women in Yakutsk who protested against the war in Ukraine on September 25.

The court ruled that Yefremov “discredited” the army when he said the phrase “You won’t send a woman to the front.” According to the official ruling, a “front” can only exist in a war, and because Russia is conducting a “special military operation” rather than war, Yefremov should have used the term “line of contact.” The court fined Yefremov 30,000 rubles ($497).


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
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How very Orwellian. The Russians are still trying to deny reality about being at war with Ukraine. Btw, are the Putinbots here on FR allowed to use the word "front"?
1 posted on 11/15/2022 5:39:16 AM PST by Salohcin
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To: Salohcin
Some still insist on using the words "Special Military operation," or even "liberation" to describe their invasion.

Amazing, ain't it?

2 posted on 11/15/2022 5:44:31 AM PST by Timber Rattler ("To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire)
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> According to the official ruling, a “front” can only exist in a war, and because Russia is conducting a “special military operation” rather than war... <

I really can’t make fun of that, because we do the exact same thing. Korea was a police action. Vietnam was, I don’t know. But it wasn’t a war because war was never declared. Then came further police actions, kinetic actions, etc.

In a way, we are perhaps worse than Russia in this regard. We pretend to have the moral high ground. But we go to war rather casually. We just don’t call it a war.


3 posted on 11/15/2022 5:46:05 AM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Except that I don’t recall us fining anyone for calling the Korean or Vietnam Wars “wars”.


4 posted on 11/15/2022 5:59:52 AM PST by Salohcin
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There are “Putinbots” here? Yikes. Glad I missed them.


5 posted on 11/15/2022 6:05:47 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Salohcin

6 posted on 11/15/2022 6:06:28 AM PST by cranked
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What is more Orwellian than our involvement in a foreign war that doesn’t concern us at all?


7 posted on 11/15/2022 6:06:59 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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“The Russians are still trying to deny reality about being at war with Ukraine.”

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The USA/NATO are still trying to deny reality about being at war with Russia.

Fixed it.


8 posted on 11/15/2022 6:12:36 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Salohcin

The russian army is doing a fine job discrediting itself, without any help from journalists.


9 posted on 11/15/2022 6:16:55 AM PST by Flag_This
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To: Salohcin
“front” can only exist in a war...

Cold Front
Warm Front
The Final Frontier
Front Man
Front Company
Beachfront
Forefront

Not every front is a War Front

10 posted on 11/15/2022 6:17:44 AM PST by Tai_Chung
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Just jailing tens of thousands of protesters, in extreme cases the shooting of protesters. Although I do not agree, in many way the fine is much more reasonable. I honestly don’t give a crap about Ukraine or Russia, and all 3 of us have zero high ground to stand on. The only thing I can truly respect these days is a country doing what is best for its people. Let Ukranians judge Ukraine, Russians judge Russia, and let the US remember it exists before it doesn’t.


11 posted on 11/15/2022 6:18:23 AM PST by bak3r
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I agree with letting Ukrainians judge Ukraine, but Russia seems to have other ideas.


12 posted on 11/15/2022 6:21:32 AM PST by Salohcin
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The USA/NATO are still trying to deny reality about being at war with Russia.

How many Russians died in the US/NATO invasion of Russia? I must have missed something.

13 posted on 11/15/2022 7:13:22 AM PST by Skylab
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“How many Russians died in the US/NATO invasion of Russia? I must have missed something.”

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Your far too simple-minded response is indicative of you either being obsequious to the Globohomos or simply a propagandist for the Biden Administration.


14 posted on 11/15/2022 7:32:07 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Salohcin

Except that I don’t recall us fining anyone for calling the Korean or Vietnam Wars “wars”.


No we didn’t. But if an American actress had been pictured smiling at a German flak installation wearing a stahlhelm she’d likely face problems when she came back home.

The last time Congress declared war was in June of 1942. It does make a difference.


15 posted on 11/15/2022 8:28:30 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: Salohcin

What do you call it when your front is your rear?


16 posted on 11/15/2022 9:07:29 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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"Btw, are the Putinbots here on FR allowed to use the word "front"?"
There may well be a few moles here on FreeRepublic on both sides of the Ukrainian conflict (war), but there are valid arguments concerning our involvement. It pains me to see differences of opinion here reduced to name-calling and insult.
17 posted on 11/15/2022 2:31:17 PM PST by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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