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We may never know the truth about Russia’s treatment of prisoners

4 August, 2024 Sunday

13:15

Russia-Ukraine war

Once upon a time, the release of a Ukrainian political prisoner from a Russian prison was a cold shower for many

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I remember how Vasyl Slipak (Ukrainian opera singer and serviceman - ed.) returned completely disheartened after meeting her, even though she was widely predicted to become the future president of Ukraine.

We will never know the truth about what the Russians do to prisoners. In the end, sometimes even after horrific torture, unbreakable people are released.However, they are also deliberately imprisoned to manipulate them into becoming false prophets.

The chorus of voices of the Russians released during the exchange: "Putin is the evil one, not the Russian people" indicates only one thing: the Kremlin's strategy is working. If Russia loses, it is Putin's fault, and the Kremlin's ideology will live on.

This is another proof that the Kremlin must be destroyed. It is too easy for tyrannies to manipulate democracies.

About the author. Volodymyr Omelyan, Ukrainian diplomat, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine in 2016-2019. Political expert.

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