Russian "Show" Trials?

<-- The Return of Stalinism in Russia

The disproportionate terms being handed out by the judges, the procedural violations and the claims of torture, to which the judiciary then turns a blind eye, the fabricated accusations — all of this testifies either to the complete subordination of the judges to the FSB, or to their professional degradation. Which, as it happens, is one and the same thing.

The sentences are harsh for one main reason: To dissuade others from doing the same thing. 

The modern Russian “show trials” are a dangerous return to Stalinist repression? (AGREE/DISAGREE)

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