In the most biblical sense

"You misunderstand me." He turns in his chair, still holding onto his hand. "What you did, who you were, that has no bearing on whether or not what happened was ethical. It just wasn't, and that is also a fact, Alexei. You're a person, even in prison you have rights, and obviously they never afforded you those, or anyone else in New Volga." Given what he's heard and read of their force, the sentencing, it's all fucking corrupt anyways, but that isn't how it's supposed to be.