university lecturer denis skopin has just been sacked for "immoral behaviour".. he had spent ten days injail. but look at the send—off his students gave him on his last day at work. cheering i love my students very much. they understand very well what is happening now in russia. denis says many of his colleagues, academics and scientists, have fled russia. russia is losing the best people now, the most educated, the most energetic, the most critically thinking people are leaving the country. where is russia heading right now? in short, russia is going in the wrong direction. and it feels like the past is still casting a shadow over russia's present and future. history never repeats itself exactly, but there are worrying parallels between russia's past and the present. underjosef stalin, soviet citizens who fell foul of the authorities were often labelled enemies of the people. after invading ukraine, vladimir putin vowed to cleanse russia of what he called "traitors, scum and the fifth column". to help him do that, president putin has introduced it is called con

university lecturer denis skopin has just been sacked for immoral behaviour.r the war in ukraine. he had spent ten days injail. but look at the send—off his students gave him on his last day at work. cheering. i love my students very much. they understand very well what is happening now in russia. denis says many of his colleagues, academics and scientists, have fled russia. russia is losing the best people now, the most educated, the most energetic, the most critically thinking people are leaving the country. where is russia heading right now? in short, russia is going in the wrong direction. and it feels like the past is still casting a shadow over russia's present and future. history never repeats itself exactly, but there are worrying parallels between russia's past and the present. underjosef stalin, soviet citizens who fell foul of the authorities were often labelled enemies of the people. after invading ukraine, vladimir putin vowed to cleanse russia of what he called "traitors, scum and the fifth column". to help him do that president putin has introdu

university lecturer denis skopin has just been sacked for immoral behaviour. in ukraine. he had spent ten days injail. but look at the send—off his students gave him on his last day at work. cheering i love my students very much. they understand very well what is happening now in russia. denis says many of his colleagues, academics and scientists, have fled russia. russia is losing the best people now, the most educated, the most energetic, the most critically thinking people are leaving the country. where is russia heading right now? in short, russia is going in the wrong direction. and it feels like the past is still casting a shadow over russia's present and future. history never repeats itself exactly, but there are worrying parallels between russia's past and the present. underjosef stalin, soviet citizens who fell foul of the authorities were often labelled enemies of the people. after invading ukraine, vladimir putin vowed to cleanse russia of what he called "traitors, some and the fifth column". to help him do that, president putin has introduced a new

even really hide it, criticize the government, risk the consequences of the university teacher denis skopinwas just fired for allegedly immoral behavior, and perfect employees a misdemeanor is immoral, he was arrested because of a protest against mobilization, he spent 10 days in prison, but look at how the students see him off on the last day of work, and i love my students very much, they perfectly understand what is happening in russia, denis tells many of his colleagues, researchers, scientists from russia escaped russia is now losing its best people the most energetic most critical thinking people are leaving the country where is russia going now in short russia is going in the wrong direction and one gets the impression that the past still casts a shadow over the present and the future of russia, history never repeats itself exactly, but there are disturbing parallels between the past and the present of russia, during the time of joseph stalin, soviet citizens who despised the government were often called enemies of the people after the invasion of ukraine, vladimir putin promised to