RUSSIA has banned its people from depicting Vladimir Putin as a modern-day Hitler in the latest crackdown on dissent.

A court has declared it unlawful to draw comparisons between images of the Kremlin leader and the Nazi dictator, asserting that these comparisons “promote terrorism” and “undermine state interests”.

In the latest crackdown, Russian authorities banned 12 websites and a long list of online pictures and videos linking Putin to Hitler.

Russian critics of Putin have been barred from photoshopping a Hitler moustache and hairstyle onto the Kremlin dictator. 

A common description of the Russian leader as “Putler”- combining the two names – is also banned. 

So is an image of Putin holding a revolver to his head and the caption “How to save Russia from shame”.

The Kirov District Court of Omsk found that such depictions of Putin “negatively affect societal and state interests, instigate an undetermined number of individuals to engage in terrorist acts and criminal behavior, and support their occurrence”.

Following his aggressive incursion into Ukraine in 2022, numerous critics of Putin—both domestically and internationally—have drawn parallels between the Russian leader and Hitler due to the severity of his oppressive actions and violence.

Putin arrogantly assumed he could sweep in and seize Kyiv in a matter of days after ordering his troops over the border into Ukraine.

But more than three years on, the red-faced despot has suffered staggering losses on the battlefield.

One brave Russian critic recently linked Putin to Hitler in a protest close to the Kremlin.

But Putin this month hosted a major military parade in Moscow marking the 80th anniversary of the defeat the Nazis by the Soviets – and Allies.

Meanwhile, close Putin henchman Dmitry Medvedev called for the hanging of Volodymyr Zelensky after the warm just like Nazis lieutenants were after WW2 defeart.

He criticised the Ukrainian leader for seeking a three-way meeting between Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and himself to agree to a peace deal. 

He said: “With regard to the last conclusion, [Zelensky] is wrong.

“Although Jodl and Keitel participated in signing the surrender on behalf of Hitler’s Germany, they were nevertheless hanged by the Nuremberg Tribunal. History is a ruthless exterminator.”

Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel were both Hitler lieutenants whose defence that they were “following orders” was rejected. 

The ban comes as more than 10,000 tanks, 22,000 armoured vehicles, 26,000 artillery systems, and over 700 aircraft have been destroyed, officials estimate.

Western officials have revealed that  the Russians have sustained more than 900,000 casualties, with 250,000 dead, since Putin unleashed his illegal war.

And any Russian who dares to speak up against Putin and his invasion of Ukraine is silenced by the Kremlin using Russia‘s classic playbook.

The Kremlin has cracked down on protesters and debauchery, closed down independent media and put critics on trial – in a bid to starve citizens of alternate viewpoints.

Dissidents capable of challenging Putin have been locked in gulag, exiled or killed amid the harshest crackdown on opposition in Russia since Soviet times.

A long list of influential Russians have died in murky circumstances throughout Putin’s 24-year rule after opposing, criticising, or crossing the resentful despot.

The curious deaths – resulting from poisonings to shootings and falls from windows to plane crashes – may have helped pave the way for the Russian dictator to remain in power until 2036.