Russia: As Russia's confrontation with the West escalates, so has its crackdown on dissent at home

Nikita Golovizin faced int imidation and later arrest by Russian security services after he flew a European Union flag from his balcony next to a sign calling President Vladimir Putin a 'thief.'

For opponents of President Vladimir Putin in Russia, it seems as if there's no place that's safe these days — including in their own homes. "It was like 'bang, bang, bang' for half an hour," said Nikita Golovizin, an activist from the city of Voronezh about five hundred kilometres south of the capital Moscow, as he described how security agents parked themselves outside his apartment for several hours on one recent evening.

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