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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, it's a very old trick for local governments which want to 'look good' to their superiors.

[–] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

I was gonna say, this isn't unique to the USSR, or even to openly authoritarian states. It's the oldest trick in the book, it seems :/