PART 3 THE AFTERMATHS OF THE OCCUPATION: A POLITICAL REPRESSIONS SYSTEM The self-proclaimed Crimean authorities deliberately implement the policy of de- stroying any uncontrolled public institutions, regardless of whether they are tak- ing part in the non-violent resistance to the occupation regime or are simply doing their speciR c business. Conclusions The Russian Federation, acting through the self-proclaimed Crimean authorities, started political repressions against the civil society that are carried out using both legal and extra-legal mechanisms. These repressions are based on a clear political motive: a) consolidation and retention of the power of the occupying authorities in Crimea; b) involuntary discontinuation of public activities by civil society represent- atives having a point of view that diT ers from that of the authorities. It should be noted that repressions in the Russian Federation in general do not have a total character and are used selectively against speciR c individuals. How- ever, in Crimea the occupation authorities are actively using all the tools tried and tested in the law and practice of the Russian Federation to suppress any alterna- tive point of view for the complete elimination of the independent civil society in the peninsula. There is also an established opinion that in the peninsula the strict authoritarian models for further use in Russia in the event of mass dissatisfaction with the actions of the authorities are being tried. For the time being, in the peninsula there are no eT ective mechanisms of protection against the political re- pressions of the civil society actors organized by the occupation author- ities. As a result, people involved in public activities not controlled by the authorities and/or having, actually or allegedly, a point of view that is diT er- Pictured: Conditionally sentenced to 3 years ent from the pro-government one are and 6 months of imprisonment faced with the choice: either to leave th under the February 26 case Crimea or to stop any public activity Talyat Yunusov and keep silent. 54