Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.

Osip Mandelstam
Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.
Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.
Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.
Only in Russia poetry is respected--it gets people killed.
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The Russian government has a long history of suppressing freedom of speech. As part of their campaign against the press, the government has silenced many journalists who have spoken out against them. In some cases, journalists have been killed for writing what they want to write about the government. Many people fear that if they speak up against the government, they will suffer the same fate.

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