The Russians are expanding the staff of the “Center for Countering Extremism of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Crimea” (“Center E”), in particular by involving civilian secret employees.
This center monitors information resources (social networks, Telegram channels, blogs, forums, sites with the possibility of commenting). Their main task is identifying “unreliable persons” and entering them into the specialized “AIS Extremist” database. Comments or even reactions to posts criticizing Russian aggression or expressing a pro-Ukrainian position can be grounds for inclusion in such a database.
In cooperation with Roskomnadzor, they block information resources that publish information unfavorable to the Kremlin. Also, the employees of this center carry out special inspections of candidates for positions in occupation administrations, as well as at critical infrastructure facilities.
It is known that the occupiers have already entered data on about 7,000 people into their database. In particular, more than a thousand are representatives of the indigenous Crimean Tatar people.
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