The Daily Vertical: Tales of The Disappeared

There are many ways to commit suicide – and one new way has been discovered that seems to be almost foolproof. If you live in Ukrainian Crimea – and want people to remember that its annexation was an illegal action, part of Vladimir Putin’s effort to rebuild Russia’s place as an empire - then all you have to do to assure you death or disappearance into one of Russia’s prison hell-holes is to publicly state your objection to this blatantly illegal seizure of Ukrainian territory.

Brian Whitmore has some thoughts on this subject, as expressed in this Daily Vertical:

https://www.rferl.org/a/daily-vertical ... aine-russia/28709510.html