Russian justice sentences activist Oleg Orlov to two and a half years in prison for criticizing “patriotic values” The judicial process began after the convicted man published an article in which he described the current Russian political regime as “totalitarian and fascist” “The conviction shows that my article was correct and told the truth,” declared the human rights defender in the courtroom where he was tried. “I already said it in my article.
Totalitarianism has returned. It is not communism, it is a special fascism, reminiscent of the fascism of the 20th century,’ he stated.