Well its not Pravda, but purges happen from time to time.
The Rhöm Putsch, or rather, The Night of the Long Knives springs to mind
*CLANK*...not a single one of you will be getting away.So all of you people gathered here...This area is completely surrounded!Senpai~So don't look down on us!All of us freshman have been selected from across the country.Albeit only freshman at Kuromorimine...How's that?*VROOM*!!Platoon!! Close up ranks!!