{"id":48825,"date":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opendemocracy.net\/en\/odr\/rostov-shechenko-political-prosecution\/"},"modified":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T00:00:00","slug":"the-main-tool-of-management-is-fear-how-this-russian-city-became-a-test-site-for-political-prosecution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/22\/the-main-tool-of-management-is-fear-how-this-russian-city-became-a-test-site-for-political-prosecution\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThe main tool of management is fear\u201d: how this Russian city became a test site for political prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"
This week, the first Russian citizen was convicted of working for a foreign \u201cundesirable organisation\u201d in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. As Polina Efimova reports, the city has a notorious track record of political prosecutions.<\/p>\n