'Russia now is like 1984': Inside a Russian dystopian library

Why is this on HN when it's clearly political in nature and contains suspected propaganda (let's not argue about this one)?

Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.