Sentence examples for resorting to repression from inspiring English sources

And resorting to repression in Russia and Ukraine is directly counterproductive.

But to do so he has had to resort to repression and violence, just as his reviled predecessors did.

Mr. Putin is the first modern Russian leader to attain this degree of power without resorting to mass repression.

Mr Luzhkov accused Mr Medvedev of resorting to Soviet-style repression.

"There is still the danger of the classic cold war mentality that resorts to repression and is still present in this government.

Big countries like Germany have reacted to the inability to resolve the crisis by resorting to economic and political repression, including tighter supervision of national budgets.

But with most institutions consumed by corrosion, it may have to resort to harder repression.

But because they do not control monetary policy, they could not resort to "financial repression"—reducing real debt burdens via inflation or low interest rates.

Countries where the ruling party won by more than 80% – including Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Djibouti – were scarcely more democratic than those that resorted to outright repression or had no polls at all.

The arrival of the French fleet in the Bay of Naples in December 1792 prevented the king of Naples from following the Piedmontese example, but other governments resorted to stern repression of French-inspired protests.

In his determination to consolidate his absolute powers, he will have to resort to increased repression and rule by decree, which will certainly instigate further street protests and over time widespread unrest.