‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Aleksei Moskalev, whose daughter drew an anti-war picture in a lesson at school, is a political prisoner

28 March 2023 Aleksei Moskalev, a resident of Tula region, has been put under house arrest on charges of ‘discrediting’ the Russian army in a post on the Odnoklassniki social…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Togliatti resident Andrei Balin is a political prisoner

30 March 2023 Andrei Balin has been sentenced to seven years in a penal colony on charges of spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian army for anti-war publications on the…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Cherepovets resident Vitaly Torochkov is a political prisoner

16 March 2023 Vitaly Torochkov was remanded in custody on charges of inciting terrorist activities for reposting a video on the VK social media site Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Marat Bazarbaev and Vadim Nasyrov are political prisoners 

7 March 2023 Marat Bazarbaev and Vadim Nasyrov, if convicted on charges of participation in Hizb ut-Tahrir, could face up to life imprisonment Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Ruslan Ganeev is a political prisoner

23 February 2023 Ruslan Ganeev has been charged with distributing ‘fake news’ about the Russian army in comments he published on the VK social media platform Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial…

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‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Ufa resident Azat Lukmanov is a political prisoner

10 March 2023 Azat Lukmanov has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment on charges of involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’…

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Weekly Update [week-ending 23 June 2023]

https://www.rightsinrussia.org/donate-support-us/ Our publications from the past week https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podcast-65/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/ovd-info-311/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/shablinsky-28/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-120/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/podrabinek-119/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/altshuler-17/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/undesirable-organisation-agora/ https://www.rightsinrussia.org/witnesses-against-war-27/

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Podcast: Then & Now #8 – Teresa Cherfas in conversation with Nataliya Gumenyuk of The Reckoning Project

27 June 2023 by Teresa Cherfas Welcome to the eighth edition of our Russian-language podcast Then & Now with me, Teresa Cherfas.  As a rule,  guests on our podcast are individuals for whom…

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Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Wagner Mutiny – a Halfway Revolt

24 June 2023 By Aleksandr Podrabinek  Source: Radio Svoboda About 400 years ago, the English poet John Harington wrote, “Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper,…

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Ilya Shablinsky: On rebellion and the fate of Prigozhin [Spektr.Press]

Photo by Sergei Chugunov 26 June 2023 by Ilya Shablinsky Source: Spektr.Press We need to reflect and comment on a recent episode of political life that has been both dramatic…

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