Russian justice has today listed science-fiction writer Dmitry Glukhovsky, who faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the Russian military after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The list also includes associate of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Milov.
The 42-year-old author, in a post on the Telegram messaging medium, says he is accused of “discrediting the Russian armed forces” in an Instagram post and accusing Vladimir Putin of being responsible for the war.
“I am ready to repeat everything I wrote in it: Stop the war! Admit that this is a war against an entire nation and stop it,” the author added.
Moscow’s Basmani court told Russian news agencies today that it had ordered “Glukhovsky’s pre-trial detention in absentia” on May 13 and that the Russian Interior Ministry had listed the author, who is most likely abroad, on the wanted list.
Dmitry Glukhovsky, author of the best-selling book “Metro-2033”, has repeatedly posted on social media and in the Western media, criticizing the Russian invasion of Ukraine since its inception on February 24. The posts referred to the losses of the Russian army and the killing of civilians in Ukraine.
Dmitry Glukhovsky’s “Metro-2033” dystopia, published in 2005, which describes a world devastated by a nuclear war in which the only survivors have taken refuge in the Moscow metro, has been a great success. The sequel has sold hundreds of thousands of copies and has been translated into many languages. The world of Glukhovsky’s books was transferred in 2019 to a successful video game, Metro Exodus. Glukhovsky is also the author of the novel Text. (Text).
Vladimir Milov is one of the closest associates of Alexei Navalny, who was forced to flee Russia following the persecution of the opposition politician. On May 6, the Ministry of Justice included Milov on the list of “Media – Foreign Agents”.
Yesterday, June 6, the Russian Interior Ministry issued an arrest warrant for the director of the website Agentura.ru and author of books on the Russian secret services Andrei Saldatov. His lawyer, Pavel Tsikov, believes that Saldatov could be prosecuted for spreading “false news” about the Russian military.
Similar prosecutions have been launched against journalists Michael Naki (arrested in absentia on May 24) and Ruslan Leviev, founder of the military-affiliated research site Conflict Intelligence Team. In an interview with DW on February 17, Leviev warned that Russia was ready to invade a neighboring country.
Russia has experienced an unprecedented crackdown since the start of the offensive in Ukraine. Authorities have enacted a law that provides for up to 15 years in prison for publishing information about the military that authorities consider to be false.
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