> Because, honestly, you can't be so ignorant .. YES: The WEST DOES have political persecution the way Russia does.
With all due respect which is none, I don't think you personally know someone who was persecuted in some way or another. I do know several. (Assuming you're in the US)
> Of course, we don't have evidence of a thousand Russian secret torture sites
With all due respect which is none, I don't think you personally know someone who was persecuted in some way or another. I do know several. (Assuming you're in the US)
> Of course, we don't have evidence of a thousand Russian secret torture sites
https://meduza.io/en/news/2021/12/20/human-rights-project-gu...
Also, you're exhibiting survivor bias: Russia had no Assange of its own, but this does not mean it doesn't have this kind of dirty secrets.