A new North Korea is the last thing we need.

From Fox News. As Russian President Vladimir Putin wages a deadly war against Ukraine, one expert says that the country’s society is inching closer and closer to that of North Korea.

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Putin took a number of actions cracking down on dissent in Russia, jailing people who protest against the war, and even journalists who report facts on what their government is doing in Ukraine.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, anti-war protests have taken place across Russia, with officials arresting at least 15,000 individuals in connection with these protests, according to OVD-Info, an independent human rights project focused on political persecution in Russia.

Putin also signed a law on March 4 that aims to punish journalists with prison time for publishing news that contradicts the government’s statements about Russia’s war in Ukraine….

Rebekah Koffler, a former Defense Intelligence Agency officer and author of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America,” told Fox News Digital that the government’s attitude toward free speech is shifting to that of North Korea. Specifically, she cited Putin’s speech on March 17.

“He called on the Russian people to call out the traitors, the ‘fifth column,’ obviously anyone who speaks out against the war will be punished,” Koffler said.

Putin hosted a massive pro-war rally on Friday, with thousands of people in attendance. Koffler said that the people attending these kinds of rallies are often not there on their own free will, and said there’s “an implicit pressure” to attend….

The country has also begun limiting access to information, as it has blocked Twitter and Facebook from the country….

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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Getty Images)