UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’
"Surveillance, political oppression, repression of free speech, movement restrictions created a climate of fear in which the Russian Federation could dismantle the Ukrainian systems of government"
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Bakytzhan Sagintayev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 19, 2024. (photo credit: Sputnik/Sergei Bobylev/Kremlin via REUTERS)ByREUTERS