[NEWS] Russia places limits on religious freedom; purges Baltic naval officers

[Jairo]

http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-yarovaya-law-religious-freedom-restrictions/27852531.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-signs-law-to-bolster-russian-surveillance-angering-edward-snowden/2016/07/07/4d307aca-443e-11e6-a76d-3550dba926ac_story.html

http://www.breitbart.com/faith/2016/07/10/putin-signs-measure-revoking-religious-freedom/

amidst new anti-terror legislation, the russian parliament has passed measures preventing people from talking about religion outside of its respective places of worship (christianity in churches, islam in mosques, judaism in synagogues, etc.), meaning talking about religion in public or at home is henceforth illegal. these measures also put a stop to proselytizing--spreading the word of one's faith to others in hopes of getting them to convert. jehovah's witnesses are understandably upset at the latter measure.

putin's also done something right out of a history book and purged all of his naval officers in the baltic sea for reasons of corruption and insubordination. his officers had refused orders to fire on and scramble against american military presences in the baltic, resulting in their current state of unemployment.

[Ad Bot]

[Toxicology]

now that's an epic win

[MoltenKitten]

If it weren't for the second part I would have liked this

[McZealot]

now that's an epic win

yea dude, limits on freedom! wooooooooooo!

[Foxscotch]

good luck enforcing that

[McZealot]

i like that jairo links a liberal source, a moderate source, and a conservative source in the OP. gotta get that unbiased coverage

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[Nymph]

putin's also done something right out of a history book and purged all of his naval officers in the baltic sea for reasons of corruption and insubordination. his officers had refused orders to fire on and scramble against american military presences in the baltic, resulting in their current state of unemployment.

What does this mean? Wouldn't that start a war?

[Clownfish]

If it weren't for the second part I would have liked this

[Sheepocalypse]

Russia cant do anything right

[Jairo]

What does this mean? Wouldn't that start a war?

there have been incidents between american and russian air- and watercraft for a few months now. the russians instigate conflict over international airspaces and waters so as to avoid any diplomatic ramifications ("we're merely exercising our military," etc.)

putin invaded crimea a few years ago which could have started a war, but NATO backed out of it, so he's just continuing to push us to see how far he can get

[Nonnel]

Jesus Christ

Oh my stars

[ZombiLoin]

forget Putin. What a pathetic, petty man.

[Red Spy]

forget Putin. What a pathetic, petty man.

Oh my stars

[IkeTheGeneric]

Russia steadily becoming an even worse place to live