A Russian police officer stands outside the Kremlin. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty)
WNU Editor: The AP story is here .... Russians with Western ties increasingly branded 'traitors' (AP). Each and everyone of these cases is probably unique, but there is a tie in that is disturbing and the AP has picked up on it ....
.... He said "every single treason case" he has seen recently has a connection to the crisis in Ukraine — where the government is fighting a pro-Russia insurgency — either because the person had traveled there or had some personal ties.
This crackdown has not impacted me .... even though I am a critic of the government .... and I have many contacts in Ukraine. And while Russian law still sees me as a Russian citizen, I carry a Canadian passport and I see myself first and foremost as a Canadian citizen whose nationality is Russian. But this crackdown is raising concerns, because Russians know that unless these prosecutors are told to stop, they will just continue their prosecutions until everyone is under a cloud of suspicion. My prediction .... this crackdown is going to cause a backlash if it continues .... which is why I believe that it will stop in the new year.
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