Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Alberto Giraldo, a Colombian citizen accused of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army, is a political prisoner

21 June 2022 According to the investigators, Alberto Giraldo was engaged in mass mailing of messages about crimes of the Russian military in Ukraine Source: Human Rights Project 'Support for…

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Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Three residents of Crimea, accused of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir, are political prisoners

20 June 2022 According to investigators, a three-member terrorist cell was headed by a person with severe visual impairment Source: Human Rights Project 'Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial' The Human…

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Human Rights Project ‘Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Olga Smirnova, a member of the Peaceful Resistance movement, is a political prisoner

16 June 2022 Olga Smirnova has been remanded in custody on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for posts on the VKontakte social media site Source: Human…

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Teresa Cherfas reviews ‘Rich Russians: from Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie’ by Elisabeth Schimpfössl

28 July 2022 By Teresa Cherfas Teresa Cherfas reviews Rich Russians: from Oligarchs to Bourgeoisie by Elisabeth Schimpfössl. Hardback 248pp ISBN-9780190677763 (Oxford University Press, New York, 2018) In 2008, the year Russia invaded Georgia,…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 22 July 2022]

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Semen Gluzman: Charged in an International Court, Putin will sincerely answer: “But they were only Ukrainians!” [24 March 2022]

24 March 2022 by Semen Gluzman [introduction by Irina Vetrova] Source: Fakty Semen Gluzman, head of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association and well-known Soviet dissident, describes how doctors and staff of…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: A strong signal of weakness

23 July 2022 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV When they should have demanded change, they made overtures. When they should have imposed economic sanctions, they sought to persuade and bargain.…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek on the making of bad laws: ‘The ineradicable USSR’

19 July 2022 By Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Radio Svoboda This month in one week, in three republics that were once part of the USSR, three people were convicted for expression…

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