This is just blatantly false, if an organization is committing crimes or doing something the government dislikes then the government will sanction it, like it has done with almost every Russian Oligarch's business, or front businesses for terrorist groups.
I'm pretty sure the whole point of banning TikTok is that the government is alleging that TikTok has engaged/can be forced to engage in abusive or illegal practices.
You think that the Saudi population would rather keep living in a country that chops up journalists for fun?
The Saudi monarchy is entirely propped upon religious fundamentalism, and the oil currently ruining the climate, I say the sooner they find another system the better.
Don't be hyperbolic, it's not 1984 and you still live on a democracy.
You won't face any serious criminal repercussions for saying anything in Canada or any other democracy.
While they're definitely wrong in ignoring the communist party's value as a signal for disliking the regime/as a protest vote,
you're also feeding on propaganda if you think Navalny and his smart voting campaign weren't a very large movement.
If Navalny wasn't a threat to the regime, then Putin wouldn't have hounded him for a decade.
