"A group of leading Russian lawyers on Tuesday asked the country’s highest court to declare unconstitutional a law banning criticism of the armed forces, in a rare display of opposition to the draconian censorship imposed by the Kremlin in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine. The complaint, filed by three lawyers and supported by 10 more, most of whom are still in Russia, asked the Constitutional Court to strike down the measure, which has emerged as the Kremlin’s most effective tool for stifling dissent in the country. ... The censorship laws effectively ban anything that does not correspond to the Kremlin’s depiction of the war, which it continues to call a ‘special military operation.’ They have virtually silenced debate in Russia. ...”
A man walks past an inscription reading 'No to war' left on a wall in Moscow on Jan. 26.
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