The Astro turfing on Reddit is pretty unsettling. Especially when you understand just how much the front page is curated

Joined Lemmy a few months ago as a direct result of how the responded to the protest

Awad and at least a dozen other inmates held in the pre-deportation centre in Petrozavodsk, Karelia's capital, were approached by military representatives soon after their arrest and were offered "a job for the state". They were promised good pay, medical care and permission to stay in Russia on completing a one-year army contract.