Moscow Set to Allow Russians to File Denunciations on Line, a Move Likely to Increase Amount of Political Snitching to Unprecedented Levels

Paul Goble

            Staunton, Nov. 9 – Russians who want to denounce other Russians for violating the law or state policies will no longer have to appear or write on paper such “snitching,” if a new proposal by the interior ministry goes into effect. Instead, they will be able to snitch via the internet.

            That will make it easier for Russians to denounce their neighbors especially for political “crimes” like offending the feelings of believers or spreading fakes about the Russian army because in such cases, those snitching won’t have to appear (t.me/endoflaw/4132 repeated at echofm.online/news/mvd-razreshit-rossiyanam-pisat-onlajn-donosy).

            Consequently, the number of denunciations for political crimes is likely to expand dramatically in the coming months. At the same time, however, because those who snitch about ordinary crimes like theft will still have to make an appearance before the authorities, reports about actions of those kinds are less likely to grow.