Tapping Article 275: Russia’s Attorney General says providing ‘assistance to foreign states’ constitutes treason. What does this mean for anti-war advocates?

On February 27, the Russian Attorney General's Office promised to "make legal determinations" in the event that any Russian citizen provides "assistance to a foreign state to the detriment of the security of the Russian Federation" during the war with Ukraine. The agency stressed that providing any such assistance will be considered state treason, which carries a punishment of 12 to 20 years. Meduza asked lawyer Ivan Pavlov, head of the human rights group Department One, to explain what this means for Russians who speak out against the war in Ukraine. Original Article: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/03/02/tapping-article-275