FBI unleashes crackdown on Russians living in the US, affirms Russian youth leader

FBI unleashes crackdown on Russians living in the US, affirms Russian youth leader Russian compatriots residing in the US have come under massive persecution right now, because the FBI has been carrying out search raids, seizing cell phones and groundlessly accusing them of being agents of Moscow, Igor Kochin, President of the Russian Youth of America Association, told Sputnik on the sidelines of the 8th World Congress of Compatriots Living Abroad. “This FARA [Foreign Agents Registration Act] is the law which they’re working with. Using this law, they can blame anyone, any person from another country, for working on their own country, even if they do something simple like buying sneakers in the store and sending them to a Russian friend. As people who are working strictly with culture, working with churches, we feel a lot of pressure right now,“ he explained. Kochin also noted that preserving cultural, historical and spiritual ties with Russia really matters to him and other Russian... Source: Sputnik International