Wall Street Journal: “The informer had photographed Murashova sitting in the train car, her backpack perched upon her knees with the badges in full display, according to evidence included in documents from the Ostankino District Court of Moscow. He then told the authorities, the documents said.”
“Murashova is one of what researchers and experts in social behavior say are possibly thousands of people who have fallen victim to the proliferating trend of Russians informing on colleagues, acquaintances or people with whom they have only fleeting contact. The practice was commonplace during Soviet times, particularly under the reign of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, when people were encouraged to denounce those accused of being ‘enemies of the state.’”
