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Kansk Affair
The Kansk affair (Russian: Канское дело) or the affair of Kansk teens (Russian: дело канских подростков) is an ongoing criminal case in the Russian city of Kansk where in June 2020 the Federal Security Service, FSB agents arrested three 14-year-old boys while they were putting up political leaflets, whom the authorities accused of being an anarchist terror cell. One of the pieces of evidence in the case is the boys' actions in the video game ''Minecraft'', where they constructed a virtual FSB building that they were blowing up in the game. A Russian human rights organization, Memorial (society), Memorial, characterized the case against the three Kansk teens as Political repression, political persecution. Background In early June 2020, in the Russian Siberian city of Kansk, three 14-year-old boys were putting up political protest posters calling for the freedom of a jailed Moscow State University mathematics PhD student and anarchist political activis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansk
Kansk (russian: Канск) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on both banks of the Kan River. Population: History and economy Founded in 1628 as a Russian fort, it was transferred to its current location in 1636 and granted town status in 1782. The town is a center of the Kansk-Achinsk lignite basin, which in the early 1980s was developed into one of the largest coal areas of the Soviet Union. It also has cotton, timber, hydrolysis, and food industries. Administrative and municipal status Within the framework of administrative divisions, Kansk serves as the administrative center of Kansky District, even though it is not a part of it.Law #10-4765 As an administrative division, it is incorporated separately as the krai town of Kansk—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the krai town of Kansk is incorporated as Kansk Urban Okrug.Law #12-2372 Miscellaneous The town is home to the Kansk air base and it is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |